- clerisy
- [ʹklerısı] n книжн.
научные круги; учёный мир; интеллигенция (творческая, научная)
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
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Clerisy — Cler i*sy, n. [LL. clericia. See {Clergy}.] 1. The literati, or well educated class. [1913 Webster] 2. The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
clerisy — [kler′i sē] n. [ME clericia < LL(Ec) clericus: see CLERK] educated people as a class … English World dictionary
clerisy — noun Etymology: German Klerisei clergy, from Medieval Latin clericia, from Late Latin clericus cleric Date: 1818 intelligentsia … New Collegiate Dictionary
clerisy — /kler euh see/, n. learned persons as a class; literati; intelligentsia. [1818; < G Klerisei clergy < ML clericia, equiv. to cleric(us) CLERIC + ia IA; introduced by S.T. Coleridge] * * * … Universalium
clerisy — noun /ˈklɛrɪsi/ An elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati. Syn: intelligentsia … Wiktionary
clerisy — n. status of intellectuals and highly educated people … English contemporary dictionary
clerisy — [ klɛrɪsi] noun [usu. treated as plural] learned or literary people regarded as a social group. Origin C19: appar. influenced by Ger. Klerisei, based on Gk klēros (see cleric) … English new terms dictionary
clerisy — cler·i·sy … English syllables
clerisy — cler•i•sy [[t]ˈklɛr ə si[/t]] n. literati; intelligentsia • Etymology: 1818 (S.T. Coleridge); < G Klerisei clergy < ML clēricia < LL clēric(us) cleric … From formal English to slang
clerisy — The wise and intelligent upper class … Grandiloquent dictionary
clerisy — /ˈklɛrəsi/ (say kleruhsee) noun learned people; the literati. {Medieval Latin clēricia} …
