Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decretal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decretal \De*cre"tal\, a. [L. decretalis, fr. decretum. See
{Decree}.]
Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal
epistle. --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decretal \De*cre"tal\, n. [LL. decretale, neut. of L.
decretalis. See {Decretal}, a.]
1. (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 part
of the canon law.
2. (Canon Law) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and
decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St.
Raymond of Pennafort.
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