Terms of the Day for September 16

• Pagoda – a general term for a multiple-tiered tower sometimes applied to religious monuments with a relic chamber such as the Shwezigon.
• Wat – a term used for a Buddhist monastery complex in Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos.
• Prang – in Thai cultures of Khmer, Sukhothai, and Ayutthayan, a tall, narrow monument representing the many levels of heaven in Buddhist belief.
• Ubosot - a building in a Buddhist Wat, considered the holiest prayer room, that serves as the assembly hall where new monks are ordinated.