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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Decretal

De-cre'tal, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. decretalis, from decretum. See DECREE.] Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle.

De-crē'tal, n.

noun

(Synop., § 130), n. [L. Lat. decretale, from Lat. decretalis. See supra.]

  1. 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. A collection of the pope's decrees. Howell.