Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of decretal is as below...

Decretist :: Decretist (n.) One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals..

Decretal :: Decretal (a.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law..

Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A decretal epistle.

Extravagant :: Extravagant (n.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law..

Sext :: Sext (n.) The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII..

Decretal :: Decretal (a.) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort..

Isidorian :: Isidorian (a.) Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century..

Decretal :: Decretal (a.) Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle..

Random Fonts

Most Popular