01 n. A class or order; sort; kind.
pl.
Classes ((#))
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1.
A class or order; sort; kind.[Obs.]“His opinion of that classis of men.” — Clarendon.
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2.
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.(Eccl.)