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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.
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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
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
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Once a hilltop hotel, the estate and its gardens were converted in 1950 into a spiritual center by the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda.—
Ezra Marcus,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2026
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Apart from specializing in all things outdoors and adventure travel, Emily is also an avid yogi, wellness fiend, mental health reporter, and food lover, especially if the food in question is artisan ice cream.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
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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
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In the mid-’80s, when the community had swollen to more than 600 residents, New Vrindaban’s swami, a thin-lipped former Baptist, was accused of ordering the assassination of two disgruntled devotees.—
Ashley Stimpson,
Longreads,
19 Feb. 2022
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Walking the show were Fakemink and Nettspend, two pillars of what label execs and marketing gurus are betting speaks to the Gen Z zeitgeist.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2026
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Jake LaRavia had a guru on the bench.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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But a statue of Mohandas Gandhi in a Delhi park seemed girded for the struggle ahead: Antipollution campaigners had fitted the mahatma with a respirator mask.—
BROOK LARMER,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2018
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Fisher grew up at Beth Am and even trained to be a rabbi there before becoming ordained.—
Lauren Costantino
March 14,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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When the Chaldean Iraqi American Association of Michigan bought the club years ago, a rabbi from Temple Israel was among the first to welcome them to the neighborhood, even blessing the facility for them.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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At its core, reading a physical book, particularly a novel, connotes more than just taste, intellect, or even a desire to pass your time in a more productive way than doomscrolling.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
9 Mar. 2026
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That effect, in Anderson’s succinct terms, is one of pleasure or displeasure—both are embedded in an experience as much of the body as the intellect.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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Both are analytical tennis thinkers.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Turner assembles a kaleidoscope of archival footage, performance clips, still photography, and interviews with his Arkestra members and contemporary thinkers who map Sun Ra’s long cultural afterlife.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2026
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As a young woman, Stanton frequently visited her cousin Gerrit Smith, a militant abolitionist and an ally of John Brown, whose house in Peterboro, New York, was a hotbed for radical intellectuals.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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China’s politicians and intellectuals are embracing the Greek and Roman classics just as the study of these subjects declines in the West.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Pandit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pandit. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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