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sannyasi

sann·ya·si [ sun yssee ] (plural sann·ya·sis) or sann·ya·sin [ sun yssin ] (plural sann·ya·sins)


noun 
Definition:
 
Hindu holy man: in Hinduism, a Brahmin who has reached the fourth and final stage of life as a mendicant

[Early 17th century. < Sanskrit saṃnyāsī "somebody who renounces"]
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