classis

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classis

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin classis. Doublet of class.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklæsɪs/

Noun

classis (plural classes)

1. (obsolete) A class or order; sort; type; kind.
   • 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:

     […] declared his own opinion of that classis of men.

2. (religion) An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, such as the Dutch Reformed Church. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church.
   • 1982, Keith L. Sprunger, Dutch Puritanism:

     At Utrecht and Breda there was strong pressure from the Dutch Reformed Church to exclude from employment British preachers who refused to take membership in the classis.

3. (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below divisio and above ordo.

   Synonym: class

References

• “classis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin classis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɑ.sɪs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: clas‧sis

Noun

classis f (plural classes)

1. (Protestantism) a supracongregational, regional executive body, intermediate in size or rank between the consistory of an individual congregation and a provincial synod

Related terms

• klas
• klasse

Descendants

• → Indonesian: klasis