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
  • Published: May 10, 2025 Sierra Vandervort (Photo: Neal Francis; Outside Festival) Sierra is a writer, yogi, and music lover living in the Pacific Northwest.
    Sierra Vandervort, Outside Online, 10 May 2025
  • 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
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
  • After that, our Senior Beauty Editor Akili King hosted a panel with beauty gurus Amber Nicole, Princess Rese, and Kristen Noel Crawley about representation and the definition of beauty.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 5 July 2025
  • The mobile network carriers were also excited by the Moto X, though at least partly for self-serving reasons, according to Randall, the supply chain guru.
    Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • And as the bodies start to pile up, the good rabbi and his spouse, Hindy (Alona Tal; Burn Notice), must learn to protect themselves for the sake of their family and congregants, one of whom is a Holocaust survivor (Christopher Lloyd; Back to the Future).
    Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • For years Sarna urged students to consider writing a history of the rebbetzin, or the rabbi’s wife, and the quiet but important influence such women had on their communities.
    Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Batman, who relied not on superpowers but on his own intellect, was the thinking-man’s superhero.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 July 2025
  • How does President Trump — who unabashedly likens himself to Napoleon — compare in stature, intellect and commendable achievements?
    W.E. Gutman, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Public intellectuals do not care to untangle the fall.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
  • Poets, musicians, scientists, and other artists and intellectuals would discuss their ideas about societal transformation.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • In 2016, while still a college student, Taitt launched Dream Reach Inspire, hosting his first event with his former high school English teacher, now McKinney principal, Nicole Sledge, in attendance.
    Essence, Essence, 14 July 2025
  • As education became more standardized, so did teacher licensing.
    Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025

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“Pandit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pandit. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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