Part 1976

<blockquote><b>Classical</b>, provincial, and national synods. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Classicals orders</col>. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Order</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Classic</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"sic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A work of acknowledged excellence and authrity, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language.</def>

<blockquote>In is once raised him to the rank of a legitimate English <b>classic</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature.</def>

<h1>Classicalism</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"sic*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.</def>

<h1>Classicalist</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"sic*al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art.</def>

<i>Ruskin.</i>

<h1>Classicality, Classicalness</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw><hw>Clas`si*cal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Clas"sic*al*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being classical.</def>

<h1>Classically</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"sic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.</def>

<h1>Classicism</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"si*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.</def>

<i>C. Kingsley.</i>

<h1>Classicist</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"si*cist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.</def>

<h1>Classifiable</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"si*fi`a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being classified.</def>

<h1>Classific</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas*sif"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.</def>

<h1>Classification</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas`si*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>classification</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.</def>