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

1. adjective. Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle.
2. adjective. 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.
3. adjective. The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.

Common word forms

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