Definitions for Decretals

Decretals de·cre·tal

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

Decretals is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 690 anagrams from letters in Decretals (acdeelrst).

Definitions for Decretals

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 Decretals

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

Examples for Decretals

He also composed a commentary on the Consueludines Feudorum, and on some books of the decretals.

That the pseudo-Isidorian decretals were not written with a view of exalting the papal power, but rather that of the bishops.

His commentaries on the decretals were frequently reprinted.

The maxims of the Fathers, the decretals of the pontiffs, cannot be the rule of our faith.

Their son, Gaspard Calderino, wrote a commentary on the decretals.

The decretals of the Roman Pontiffs were seized for this holy purpose.

According to the medieval canon law, based on the decretals, and codified in the 13th century in the Roman Catholic Church.

In short these decretals carried the papal theocracy far beyond any claims made up to that time by the Popes themselves.

The archbishops eagerly accepted the decretals because they hoped to profit by their doctrines.

Various commentaries, all based upon the decretals as the chief repertory, were made by prominent churchmen.

Word Value for Decretals
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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