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decretal
  1. A papal decree, particularly one derived from an ecclesiastical letter.
  2. (now rare) Any decree or pronounced instruction.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. injunction, order, command, decree, instruction, edict, dictate, direction, directive, mandate, commandment, charge, ruling, demand, behest, fiat, bidding, dictum, precept, imperative, ukase, word, prescription, exhortation, do, writ, admonition, firman, irade, enjoinder, sanction, ultimatum, enjoinment, monition, ordainment, ban, bar, embargo, prohibition, restriction, ordinance, canon, law, rule, regulation, proclamation, statute, diktat, promulgation, pronunciamento … more
decretalist
  1. (historical) A member of a 13th-century school of interpretation of canon law that emphasized the decretals (letters issued by the Popes on matters of church discipline) in preference to the Decretum Gratiani (1141), which their rivals, the decretists, favoured.
decretist
  1. One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.
decretalism
  1. (historical) The beliefs of the decretalists.
decretalists
  1. plural of decretalist
decretists
  1. plural of decretist
decretals
  1. plural of decretal
  2. Synonyms:
      3. injunctions, order, commands, decrees, instruction, edicts, dictates, direction, directives, mandates, commandments, charge, rulings, demand, behests, fiats, biddings, dicta, precepts, imperative, ukases, words, prescription, exhortation, dos, writs, admonitions, firmans, irades, enjoinders, sanction, ultimatums, enjoinments, monitions, ordainment, bans, bar, embargoes, prohibition, restriction, ordinances, canons, rules, law, regulation, diktats, pronunciamentos, pronouncements, promulgation, rescripts … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “But those writings were condemned as spurious in the decretals attributed to Pope Gelasius at the end of the fifth century.”
      “Boniface VIII also issued a supplement of decretals that were promulgated in 1298 and attached to the compilation of Gregory.”
      “That the pseudo-Isidorian decretals were not written with a view of exalting the papal power, but rather that of the bishops.”
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