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Word: Clerisy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 19th century: apparently influenced by German Klerisei, based on Greek klēros ‘heritage’ (see cleric)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈklɛrɪsi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
learned or literary people regarded as a social group or class
Short Definition:learned or literary people regarded as social group or class
Examples:- the clerisy are those who read for pleasure
- he makes Coleridge's ambitions for a clerisy exclusively conservative
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