Associations to the word «Classis»

Wiktionary

CLASSIS, noun. (obsolete) A class or order; sort; kind.
CLASSIS, noun. (obsolete) (religion) An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, such as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church.

Wise words

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