roshi

[ roh-shee ]

noun

1. the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.

Word History and Origins

Origin of roshi¹

< Japn rōshi

Example Sentences

Those words were said by Joshu Sasaki Roshi, who ordained Leonard Cohen as a Zen monk in 1996.

From The Daily Beast

Roshi, who recently passed on at 107, was in his late 90s when he said it.

From The Daily Beast