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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