Clerisy Latin Greek Kler Uh See Noun Educated Class Intelligentsia

[From German Klerisei (clergy), from Medieval Latin clericia, from Late Latin clericus (cleric), from Greek klerikos (belonging to the clergy), from Greek kleros (inheritance). Ironically, clerisy and clerk have branched out from the same root, that is also the source for clergy and cleric.]

"The artist, the scholar, and, in general, the clerisy wins its way up into these places, and gets represented here, somewhat on this footing of conquest." - Ralph Waldo Emerson; Manners; 1844.