charmed circle

American  

noun

1. an exclusive or privileged group.

   the charmed circle of concert violinists.

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Etymology

Origin of charmed circle

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The St. Petersburg tycoon has for years been part of a charmed circle of Russian oligarchs with close ties to President Putin.

From New York Times

By the 1990s, Mr. Jakes had joined the charmed circle of America’s big-name authors — among them Mary Higgins Clark, Tom Wolfe, James Clavell, Thomas Harris and Ira Levin — whose publishers paid millions in advances for multi-book deals, although they had only vague ideas what the books might say.

From New York Times

How do we account for this reluctance to welcome the Ukrainian mega-sites into the charmed circle of urban origins?

From New York Times

The central political question is not to how to change it but how to adapt to it, to alleviate its devastating effect on the wages and job prospects of workers outside the charmed circle of elite professionals.

From New York Times

For scholars outside the charmed circle, who wonder what gems lie in wait, that can be frustrating.

From The Guardian