单词 | clerisy |
释义 | clerisyn. 1. Learned men as a body, scholars. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > collectively lettereda1382 learneda1568 virtuoso1613 literati1620 educated1672 clerisya1834 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 238 After the Revolution..a learned body, or clerisy, as such, gradually disappeared. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk (1836) 160 The clerisy of a nation, that is, its learned men, whether poets, or philosophers, or scholars. 1841–4 R. W. Emerson Manners in Ess. (1858) II. 421 The artist, the scholar, and in general the clerisy. 2. It has also been used for clericism, clericity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > rule of clerisy1858 clericalism1864 clericism1878 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > condition reverendship1609 spiritualship1670 ministeriality1851 clerisy1858 clericity1866 clericality1877 1858 Times 28 Aug. 10/5 The restrictions of clerisy and celibacy. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 336 A layman, alike indifferent to clerisy and heresy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.a1834 |
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