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Definition of Clerisy
1. Noun. An educated and intellectual elite.
Generic synonyms: Elite, Elite Group
Specialized synonyms: Culturati, Literati
Definition of Clerisy
1. n. The literati, or well educated class.
Definition of Clerisy
1. Noun. An elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati. ¹
2. Noun. The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clerisy
1. the well-educated class [n -SIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clerisy
Literary usage of Clerisy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Institutes of the Law of Nations: A Treatise of the Jural Relations of by James Lorimer (1884)
"The clerisy, or cultivators of science, learning, and art, which know no political
boundaries. 3. Legislators and ministers of State, ..."
2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1844)
"constitutional, and civil claims of a parson as a member of the national clerisy,
and his claims as a minister of the Gospel. Wycliffe erroneously regarded ..."
3. Notes of Thought by Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1883)
"If the Church wants more direct representation in Parliament, increase the members
of the universities : they represent the clerisy. But, in truth, every MP ..."
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