GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    ‖Classis (?), n.; pl. Classes (#). [L. See Class, n.]
    1. A class or order; sort; kind. [Obs.]

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    His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon.

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    2. (Eccl.) An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church.

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