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单词 clerisy
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clerisy


cler·i·sy

C0402800 (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.]

clerisy

(ˈklɛrɪsɪ) n (Education) learned or educated people collectively

cler•i•sy

(ˈklɛr ə si)

n. literati; intelligentsia. [1818 (S.T. Coleridge); < German Klerisei clergy < Medieval Latin clēricia < Late Latin clēric(us) cleric]

clerisy

men of learning as a class or collectively; the intelligentsia or literati.See also: Knowledge, Learning

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.
Thesaurus
Noun1.clerisy - an educated and intellectual eliteintelligentsiaelite, elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic statusculturati - people interested in culture and cultural activitiesliterati - the literary intelligentsia
MedicalSeeintellectual

clerisy


  • noun

Synonyms for clerisy

noun an educated and intellectual elite

Synonyms

  • intelligentsia

Related Words

  • elite
  • elite group
  • culturati
  • literati
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