Classis \Clas"sis\, n.; pl. {Classes}. [L. See {Class}, n.] 1. A class or order; sort; kind. [Obs.]
His opinion of that classis of men. --Clarendon.
2. (Eccl.) 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.