Definition of CLERISY

clerisy

Plural: clerisies

Noun

  • The intellectual or learned class; the educated elite.
  • an educated and intellectual elite
  • An elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati.
  • The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity.

Examples

  • Only those of the CLERISY would know to play such an obscure but high-scoring word.

Origin / Etymology

Introduced by Coleridge, based on German Clerisei (modern Klerisei), from Late Latin clēricus.

Synonyms

intelligentsia

Scrabble Score: 12

clerisy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
clerisy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
clerisy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

clerisy: valid Words With Friends Word