Dictionary Entry
decretal
decretal is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle.
- 2adjective
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.
- 3adjective
The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.
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