Definition of Classis. Meaning of Classis. Synonyms of Classis

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Definition of Classis

Classis
Classis Clas"sis, n.; pl. Classes. [L. See Class, n.] 1. A class or order; sort; kind. [Obs.] His opinion of that classis of men. --Clarendon. 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.

Meaning of Classis from wikipedia

- Look up classis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. classis may refer to: classis (ecclesiastical), governing body of pastors and elders in certain churches...
- 000 sesterces annually, the prefects of the classis Germanica, the classis Britannica and later the classis Pontica were centenarii (i.e. earning 100,000...
- The classis Britannica (literally, British fleet, in the sense of 'the fleet in British waters' or 'the fleet of the province of Britannia', rather than...
- its support during the civil war of 69 suggests, the classis Misenensis, together with the classis Ravennatis, formed the naval counterpart of the Praetorian...
- In biological classification, class (Latin: classis) is a taxonomic rank, as well as a taxonomic unit, a taxon, in that rank. It is a group of related...
- are governed by a higher ****embly of elders known as the presbytery or classis; presbyteries can be grouped into a synod, and presbyteries and synods...
- these were: classis 1. Mammalia (mammals) classis 2. Aves (birds) classis 3. Amphibia (amphibians) classis 4. Pisces (fishes) classis 5. Insecta (arthropods)...
- The classis Germanica was a Roman fleet in Germania Superior and Germania Inferior. Besides the Channel Fleet (classis Britannica), it was one of the largest...
- Eureka classis was part of the Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS). It existed from 1910 to 1985. From 1940 until in 1985 the Eureka classis served...
- the classis Misenensis. Ravenna had been used for ship construction and as a naval port at least since the Roman civil wars, but the permanent classis Ravennas...