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
  • By automating these time-consuming tasks, the professional yogi can focus on higher-impact activities like client sessions and program development, all while building their online presence.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The image serves as evidence that Parks, who was born in 1913 and lived to 92, was a true yogi.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 22 Feb. 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
  • Meanwhile, Tanya’s former friend and wellness guru Belinda Lindsey (Natasha Rothwell) appears to be on Greg’s trail.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The same could be said about De Niro in his newest film, The Alto Knights, another gangster opus but this time without the directorial guidance of Martin Scorsese, De Niro’s usual guru in American male psychopathology.
    Armond White, National Review, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There is also a needy Orthodox Jewish woman (Genevieve Hudson-Price) on the premises this day, Henry Czerny as a rabbi, plus various others floating through the floors and the doors, and making Bunny’s birthday memorable in all the wrong ways.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The grave of Ḥayyim ben Joseph Vital, a 17th century rabbi who disseminated the principles of Kabbalah around the world, is some 400 years old.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Good American Family is about Natalia Grace, a child adopted by Kristine and Michael Barnett who already have three children of their own, one of whom has autism and a genius-level intellect.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The main theme is not just about the religious persecution of the truth, but rather the conflict between the church and the pursuit of knowledge and humanity’s intellect.
    Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But the need to build remained a niche obsession until the Biden Administration, when some of the same intellectuals noticed that efforts to construct a green-energy infrastructure were foundering on the same opposition.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.
    Yvonnick Denoël, airmail.news, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That was bad for teachers and students and was a root cause of growing parental dissatisfaction and mistrust of public education.
    James A. Kadamus, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Also watch out from some entertaining comedy moments delivered by Ryan O’Donnell (who plays Cher’s father, the teacher and a driving instructor) and Imelda Warren-Green (who also takes on multiple cameo roles as Miss Geist, Miss Stoeger and Cher’s housekeeper).
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025

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“Pandit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pandit. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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