'Classis' definitions:
Definition of 'Classis'
From: GCIDE
- Classis \Clas"sis\, n.; pl. Classes. [L. See Class, n.]
- 1. A class or order; sort; kind. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- His opinion of that classis of men. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]