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decretal
Word definitions for decretal in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decretal \De*cre"tal\, n. [LL. decretale, neut. of L. decretalis. See Decretal , a.] (R. C. Ch.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Pertaining to a decree. n. 1 A papal decree. 2 (context now rare English) Any decree or pronounced instruction.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Decretals ( epistolae decretales ) are letters of the pope that formulate decisions in ecclesiastical law of the Catholic Church . They are generally given in answer to consultations but are sometimes given due to the initiative of the pope himself. These ...
Usage examples of decretal.
The decretals need decreting, the world it needs its words, Lord Lucer to the mines again, Beangern to his fiefdom, Alice to her Judgment Chair.
The Synods and Decretals, the Balances, the Code of Provinces, and all the rest: I trust you recall those things?
As Clement V died before the collection had been generally published, John XXII promulgated it anew, 25 October, 1317, and sent it to the University of Bologna as the authorative Corpus of decretals to be used in the courts and schools.
The Corpus includes the following collections of cannons and decretals: The Decretum of Gratian (1142), the Liber Extra (1234), the Liber Sextus (1298), the Constitutiones Clementinae (1318 or 1317), and the two books of Extravagantes, -- the Extravagantes of John XXIV, and the Extravagantes Communes.
God hath commanded to keep oath and faith even with an enemy, and thou undertakest to loose this His commandment, and ordainest in thine heretical, antichristian decretals that thou hast His power.