cultured class
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America, unlike England, has no recognized cultured class, and has no aristocracy, so called, with which to keep mere rich men suitably miserable—at least a little humble and wistful.
From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley
There arises a cultured class outside the Church.
From Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama by Hight, George Ainslie
Shall they give place to dogmatic Christianity or, among the most cultured class, to agnosticism?
From The Reconciliation of Races and Religions by Cheyne, Thomas Kelly
The women of what are now France and England clothed themselves at that time in the same manner as the cultured class of Rome.
From Woman as Decoration by Burbank, Emily
The fairy-lore originated in a cultured class in very ancient times.
From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans