clerisy

[ kler-uh-see ]

/ ˈklɛr ə si /

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learned persons as a class; literati; intelligentsia.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

1818; <German Klerisei clergy <Medieval Latin clēricia, equivalent to clēric(us) cleric + -ia-ia; introduced by S.T. Coleridge

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|DAILY BEAST
The 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|DAILY BEAST
Energy 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|DAILY BEAST
Much 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|DAILY BEAST

In 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|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