Clerisy | Word Clerisy at Open Dictionary of English by LearnThat Foundation

But there is a certain ridicule, among superficial people, thrown on the scholars or clerisy, which is of no import unless the scholar heed it.
But there is a certain ridicule, among superficial people, thrown on the scholars or clerisy, which is of no import, unless the scholar heed it.
But there is a certain ridicule, among superficial people, thrown on the scholars or clerisy, which is of no import, unless the scholars heed it.
I believe "clerisy" was first mentioned by Coleridge who wrote about the intellectual elite would be responsible to distribute culture throughout the (English) nation.

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This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.

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