pandit

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Recent Examples of pandit Her grandmother isn’t a pandit – in India, as well as in Indian diaspora communities, that’s been a domain that is largely populated by men, with cultural mores at play. Deepti Hajela, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2021 Her father worked as a pandit -- or Hindu priest -- at a temple, and visited homes to perform rituals. Vedika Sud, Esha Mitra and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 11 June 2021 Juneja's story is in many ways a typical one, said Sapna Pandya, a Washington, D.C.-based pandit, the title given to Hindu religious scholars and priests who perform wedding and other spiritual rituals. NBC News, 2 Mar. 2021 The wedding ceremony was a traditional Hindu ceremony performed by a pandit (priest). Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pandit
Noun
  • In 1980, after meeting the yogi Swami Muktananda at an ashram in the Catskills, Rashad began practicing Siddha yoga, which trains its followers to recognize the divinity in themselves and the surrounding world.
    Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Maybe the resident baker-in-chief could use a new recipe stand for pouring over ingredients or the hardcore yogi could use a new mat.
    Sarah Madaus, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Several sequels followed, including one called Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, in which Karloff plays a hypnotist swami from the Orient.
    Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The swami named her Ganga, for the Ganges River.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
Noun
  • The lifestyle guru served an infamous five-month sentence for lying to federal investigators about a stock sale.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • That started a conversation with our lead tech and projection guru, Chapin Cutler, [co-founder] of Boston Light & Sound.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Stanton, a rabbi, is associate vice president for Interfaith and Intergroup Initiatives at the Jewish Federations of North America.
    Joshua Stanton, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Their grandfather on their mother’s side had been a rabbi.
    Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Sufi stories rely on metaphor, rhythm, repetition, and lyricism, to penetrate not just the cerebral intellect but the intellect of the heart.
    Sonya Rehman, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • For example, business writers, consider copywriter guru Herschell Gordon Lewis’s insight: Emotion outsells intellect.
    Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And back in 2010, a MoMA retrospective featured a catalogue in which Wiseman’s work was praised by artists and intellectuals outside the documentary realm.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Iranian artists and intellectuals tend to rely on subtlety, embedding meaning within layers of metaphor and covert language: a necessity in a place where direct expression often comes at great risk.
    Rebecca Ruth Gould, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The program is designed for string students of all ages and skill levels; participants will engage in daily instruction from directors of the Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestras, Arkansas Symphony String Academy teachers and other members of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
  • The teacher remains in the hospital with serious injuries, the church member said.
    Faith Abubey, ABC News, 2 May 2025

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“Pandit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pandit. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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