mahantn.
/məˈhʌnt/, U.S. /məˈhɑnt/ South Asian.
In South Asia: a religious superior.
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guru1613
destour1630
Maharishi1785
acharya1789
mahant1801
Hanuman1814
Sankaracharya1947
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 247/1 The ruling power was..held by the priests of the Goosaigns, distinguished by the appellation of Mehunts.
1892 L. Griffin Ranjit Singh iv. 82 The founder of the Shahíd misl was Sudda Singh, the muhant or head of the Shrine at Talwandi.
1896 B. M. Croker Village Tales 160 A venerable Mahant, or high-priest of the Gosains, now advanced.
1989 Observer 12 Nov. 13 The country has seemingly taken a step back into medieval times with assorted mahants and gurus and their frenzied supporters overturning the legal and administrative norms of modern society.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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