classis
Americannoun
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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
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Etymology
Origin of classis
1585–95; < Latin: class
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The third classis quarrelled with the corrections of the second, and declared for a new model.
From Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
Rev. Chauncey D. Murray was the next pastor of the Market Street church, the classis installing him March 10, 1861, and he was succeeded in 1863 by Rev. Jacob C. Dutcher.
From The Kirk on Rutgers Farm by Stone, Pauline
The next higher power, administrative or judicial, resided in the classis, consisting of all the ministers in a given district and one elder from each parish therein, and corresponding to the presbytery.
From Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
The classis, by letter of December 16, 1661, ruled that according to the practice of the Dutch churches, his Mennonite baptism was to be regarded as sufficient.
From Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
In 1637-1638 we find the classis vainly endeavoring to send him again to New Netherland, but prevented by the Company, which had a veto upon all such appointments in its dominions.
From Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
He has turned Regeneron into one of the world’s most valuable drug companies, with a market cap of roughly $70 billion, by repeatedly pioneering technologies that opened up entirely new classes of blockbuster drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Holliday spends her volunteer time socializing over coffee and the newspaper, helping residents run errands, leading fitness classes on Saturday mornings and organizing game nights.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Osterberg courted Britain's middle and upper classes for her college, deciding most elementary school girls were "absolutely unfit to be trained... their muscles have been starved from babyhood".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Among the concerns were that schools had to delay the start of classes “because of the problems of dark mornings.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
She works at a school during the year, and she’s teaching music classes and lessons over at the community center this summer.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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