decretist

English

Etymology

From Latin decretista, from decretum. Compare French décrétiste. See decree (noun).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɹiːtɪst/

Noun

decretist (plural decretists)

One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.

Translations

one learned in decretals

Finnish: dekretisti

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for decretist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

creditest, directest, trisected

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