clerisy

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    an educated and intellectual elite

Word Origin

clerisy (n.)
1818, on model of German clerisei, from Late Latin clericia, related to clericus (see cleric); coined by Coleridge "to express a notion no longer associated with CLERGY" [OED].

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