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clerisy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun clerisy has 1 sense
- clerisy(n = noun.group) intelligentsia - an educated and intellectual elite; Array is a kind of elite, elite group
has particulars: culturati, literati
CIDE DICTIONARY
clerisy, n. [LL. clericia. See Clergy.].
- The literati, or well educated class. [1913 Webster]
- The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity. [1913 Webster]
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