Decretal

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dɪˈkɹiːtəɫ/

Origin

From Middle French decretal, from Latin dēcrētālis.

Full definition of decretal

Adjective

1. Pertaining to a decree.
• Chase v. Turner, 560 So. 2d 1317, 1320 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990):This finding, when read in conjunction with the other findings, as well as decretal portions of the final judgment, is more logically interpreted as a reference to the successful operation of the business...

Noun

1. A papal decree.
2. (now rare) Any decree or pronounced instruction.
• Spenser Faerie Queene, II.ix:picturals
  Of Magistrates, of courts, of tribunals,
  Of commen wealthes, of states, of pollicy,
  Of lawes, of iudgements, and of decretals ....