0 in Southeast Asia, a Buddhist temple (= a place of worship) or monastery (= a building in which monks live and worship):
Thai immigrants established several wats in the Thai style.
We stumbled upon our first little temple (Wat Mahathat) and in we went.
A prominent family in Pattani supported the restoration of what is now a very important Theravada wat in Pattani province.
A new temple was constructed on the site of the town wat, and a safe and pile of bricks marks the town's former bank.
The original use of this "wat" was for ceremonies of allegiance to the king.
It's also possible to hire a tuk-tuk or taxi to the wat from the airport, bus or train stations.
In general, there are only two to four monks per wat, which is fewer than before 1975.
