Definitions for decretal

decretal de·cre·tal

Spelling: [dih-kreet-l]
IPA: /dɪˈkrit l/

Decretal is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 326 anagrams from letters in decretal (acdeelrt).

Definitions for decretal

noun

  1. a papal decree authoritatively determining some point of doctrine or church law.
  2. Decretals, the body or collection of such decrees as a part of the canon law.

adjective

  1. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a decree or decrees.

Origin of decretal

1350-1400; Middle English Old French Late Latin dēcrētālis fixed by decree, equivalent to dēcrēt(um) decree + -ālis -al1

Examples for decretal

He mastered the whole system of decretal lore and made it his guide for the rest of his life.

He had granted the decretal only to be shown to the King, and then burnt.

By no engagement could he be induced, to trust out of his hands, to me, his colleague that decretal commission.

In like manner the canon laws, or decretal epistles of the popes, are all of them rescripts in the strictest sense.

The crafty Campana, who had burnt the decretal, conjured him not to believe all the reports transmitted to him concerning Rome.

The decretal letters of the popes were put on a par with Scripture.

Why should not the Pope, then, allow the decretal to be put in execution?

This decretal is the efficacious remedy that will restore peace to my oppressed conscience, and joy to my bruised heart.

This was not a decretal commission; it did not bind the Pope or prevent him from revoking the case.

It mattered not, the nuncio would not, by any means, let the decretal go.

Word Value for decretal
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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