noun. A decree, especially a papal letter giving a decision on a point or question of canon law.

Pertaining to or of the nature of a decree; containing a decree or decrees.

Done according to a decree; decreed; fatal.

noun. An authoritative order or decree; specifically, a letter of the pope determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law.

noun. A book of decrees or edicts; a body of laws; specifically [capitalized], in the plural, the second part of the canon law: so called because it contains the decrees of sundry popes determining points of ecclesiastical law.

adjective. Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree.

noun. 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.

noun. The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.

adjective. Pertaining to a decree.

noun. A papal decree.

noun. Any decree or pronounced instruction.

"When pontifical enactments take the form of responses they are called decretal epistles."

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