decretalism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

decretal +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

decretalism (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The beliefs of the decretalists.
    • 1865, Thomas Greenwood, Cathedra Petri. A political history of the great Latin Patriarchate:
      A glance at the articles of the statute of Clarendon will show that they contained as direct a contradiction to the decretalism of the canon law as could be expressed in words.
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