sarim
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editsarim pl (plural only)
- (historical) A powerful faction of literati that dominated Middle and Late Joseon politics in Korea.
- 2019, K. Kale Yu, Understanding Korean Christianity (page 65)
- Rejecting the lure of vestments, wealth, and status, the sarim waged a relentless attack on what they viewed as a compromised form of Confucianism.
- 2019, K. Kale Yu, Understanding Korean Christianity (page 65)