classis
Americannoun
plural
classes-
the organization of pastors and elders that governs a group of local churches; a presbytery.
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the group of churches governed by such an organization.
noun
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a governing body of elders or pastors
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the district or group of local churches directed by such a body
Etymology
Origin of classis
1585–95; < Latin: class
Example Sentences
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Interea Rex Catholicus jussit ut pensio mihi assignaretur qua honeste potuissem me sustentare super Episcopatu Tigitanensi, interimque classis praeparabitur, cujus proprius pastor oblitus sui status se junxit Domino Antonio contra Regem Catholicum...
From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by
It hath been thought by some that this classis of men might with advantage be not only imprisoned but pilloried.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
An Commemoratio Missae pro sponso et sponsa dicenda prout ex dicto decreto in Missis de duplici primae vel secundae classis dici debeat sub unica conclusione cum oratione Festi vel sub altera conclusione?
From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 by
L�gende: joanni paulo jones classis pr�fecto Exergue: comitia americana.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand
Iamque mari magno classis cita Texitur: exitium examen rapit.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
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