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

The fairy-lore originated in a cultured class in very ancient times.

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by Wentz, W. Y. Evans

You might kennel a pack of hounds there, or beat a carpet, or assemble those members of the cultured class who admire Mr. Gladstone.

From About Orchids A Chat by Boyle, Frederick

Then the life of my own wealthy and cultured class became repellent to me, for it had lost all meaning whatever.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur

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