clerisy

[scottobear]

clerisy \KLER-uh-see\, noun:
The well educated class; the intelligentsia.

Clerisy is from German Klerisei, "clergy," from Medieval Latin clericia, from Late Latin clericus, "priest," from Late Greek klerikos, "belonging to the clergy," from Greek kleros, "inheritance, lot," in allusion to Deuteronomy 18:2 ("Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them").

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[cath555.livejournal.com]

HA! now I know what to name my first daughter! or at least tell my mother that would be the kid's name, to freak her out right proper ;-)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

heh.... Clerisy555?

[cath555.livejournal.com]

That would be her british spy code-name.

now I've got the urge to change my username! only took me 10 months to find a decent one :-P

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

d'oh! change then nickname, then! :)

[artemii.livejournal.com]

what an interesting word.

i love words. :)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

same here!