单词 | clerisy |
释义 | clerisy|ˈklɛrɪsɪ| [app. formed after Ger. clerisei, in late L. clēricia, Sp. clerecía, Pg. clerezia (see clergy). Introduced by Coleridge to express a notion no longer associated with clergy.] Learned men as a body, scholars.
1818Coleridge Lit. Rem. (1836) I. 238 After the Revolution..a learned body, or clerisy, as such, gradually disappeared. a1834― Table-t. (1836) 160 The clerisy of a nation, that is, its learned men, whether poets, or philosophers, or scholars. 1841–4Emerson Ess. Manners (1858) II. 421 The artist, the scholar, and in general the clerisy. ¶ It has also been used for clericism, clericity.
1858Times 28 Aug. 10/5 The restrictions of clerisy and celibacy. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 336 A layman, alike indifferent to clerisy and heresy. |

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