sarim

Noun

 * 1)  A powerful faction of literati that dominated Middle and Late Joseon politics in Korea.
 * 2) * 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.