clerisy vs elite group

clerisy and elite group both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clerisy	Yes	No	No	No
elite group	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, elite group is a hypernym of clerisy; that is, elite group is a word with a broader meaning than clerisy:

clerisy: an educated and intellectual elite
elite group: a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

Other hypernyms of clerisy include elite.

clerisy (noun)	elite group (noun)
an educated and intellectual elite	a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status