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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- classis :
A class or order; sort; type; kind.
- classis :
An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, such as the . It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church.
- classis :
A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below divisio and above ordo.
- classis :
a supracongregational, regional executive body, intermediate in size or rank between the consistory of an individual congregation and a provincial synod