clerisy
[ kler-uh-see ]
noun
learned persons as a class; literati; intelligentsia.
Origin of clerisy
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How to use clerisy in a sentence
It also has come under increased attack from among the ranks of the clerisy.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe clerisy operates on very different principles than its rival power brokers, the oligarchs of finance, technology or energy.
Watch What You Say, The New Liberal Power Elite Won’t Tolerate Dissent | Joel Kotkin | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEnergy marks the clearest demarcating issues between the plutocrats and the clerisy.
Despite the Great Recession, Obama’s New Coalition of Elites Has Thrived | Joel Kotkin | November 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMuch of the U.S. is struggling, but the clerisy has thrived.
Despite the Great Recession, Obama’s New Coalition of Elites Has Thrived | Joel Kotkin | November 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn contrast, the clerisy has little needed for the basically educated, but only an approving claque and faithful servants.
The Last Patrician: Romney Falls From Favor as America Loses Faith in Old Money | Joel Kotkin | January 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
They will scorn him for pronouncing that a 'natural clerisy' is 'an essential element of a rightly constituted nation.'
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie Stephen
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