Decretalist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Decretalist is a noun meaning (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.
Meaning
(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.
Example Sentences
If the decretalists were concerned that prospective spouses be able to carry out their moral obligations, they were no less interested in preserving spousely rights after the conjugal knot was tied.
Word Forms
- decretalists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include decalogist, decurion, deductor, commentator, decadarch, papalist.
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