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
  • 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
  • Thematic fashion stories and product photography captured at the hotel will live on the Michael Kors website and in emails, while the brand’s social account will feature additional Ibiza insights, including interviews with local talents from a ceramic artist to a local yogi.
    Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 18 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
  • As anti-aging gurus will tell you, collagen is a large molecule that help gives skin its firm, smooth appearance.
    Alison Escalante, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Meghan McCain and Bethenny Frankel are criticizing the aspiring lifestyle guru as Mindy Kaling defended misconceptions surrounding her friend in a recent interview.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Bauer fled to Denmark in 1936 and then to Sweden in 1943, after a Danish rabbi warned that the occupying Germans were about to round up all the Jews in the country.
    Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Poland’s chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, said members of the Jewish community would miss him greatly.
    Vanessa Gera, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Despite also being the planet that rules over transportation, Mercury is most often referred to as the planet of intellect.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • This movement made known the intellect and talent of Black people and influenced future movements demanding the equal rights that Black people deserved.
    Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • So hoped some intellectuals during the Enlightenment who saw the nation as a carrier of a universalist spirit.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Its leading intellectuals are Ivy League graduates who persist in being obsessed with the campus squabbles of the Ivy League.
    Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The series stars Quinta Brunson as a second-grade teacher at the underfunded public school in West Philadelphia.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2025
  • California teachers have more leeway to teach ethnic studies than other subjects.
    Molly Gibbs and Grant Stringer Bay Area News Group (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Pandit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pandit. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.

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