specifically: a senior member of a religious order —used as a title
2
: one that resembles or emulates a swami : pundit, seer
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebYogananda was the first Indian swami to make America his home. Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020 Also born into an upper-caste family, Mr. Manav says he was compelled to drop his last name – a signifier of one’s caste – after hearing the swami speak. Soumya Shankar, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2020 The statue of Hanuman Murti (inset above), god of courage, was a gift from a swami in the motherland to consecrate Sri Dattatreya Yoga Centre in 2003. Omar Mouallem, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020 Perhaps realising how bad things had become, my grandfather agreed to take a vow of celibacy in the presence of a swami. Vikram Zutshi, Quartz India, 19 July 2019 On one side were Mr. Cohn and free-trade advocates, and on the other was the Administration’s protectionist wing led by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, trade negotiator Robert Lighthizer and Mr. Trump’s personal trade swami, Peter Navarro. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018 Delegates from both parties, all Lingayats, plead quietly for a moment of the swami’s dwindling time.The Economist, 23 Sep. 2017 Instead, the film is an immersive sensory experience that uses quiet pacing and dreamy rhythms to plunge the viewer inside the daily rituals and meditations of the swami and his students.National Geographic, 8 July 2016 Each swami took a microphone and addressed the crowd for several minutes, some sending the attendees into peals of laughter with what sounded like standup-comedy patter. Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 4 July 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Hindi svāmī, from Sanskrit svāmin owner, lord, from sva one's own — more at suicide