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cler·i·sy
(klĕr′ĭ-sē)n.
Educated people considered as a group; the literati.
[German Klerisei, clergy, from Medieval Latin clēricia, from Late Latin clēricus, priest; see clerk.]
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clerisy
(ˈklɛrɪsɪ)n
(Education) learned or educated people collectively
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cler•i•sy
(ˈklɛr ə si)n.
literati; intelligentsia.
[1818 (S.T. Coleridge); < German Klerisei clergy < Medieval Latin clēricia < Late Latin clēric(us) cleric]
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clerisy
men of learning as a class or collectively; the intelligentsia or literati.
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Clerisy, Clericity
learned men as a body; scholars, 1818.Example: the clerisy of a nation, that is its learned men, whether poets, or philosophers, or scholars, 1834.
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Noun | 1. | clerisy - an educated and intellectual elite elite, elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status culturati - people interested in culture and cultural activities literati - the literary intelligentsia |
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