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decretist

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De`cre´tist
n.1.One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.
decretist
1. a canon lawyer versed in papal decrees on points in ecclesiastical law.
2. a person versed in the decretals. Also decretalist.
See also: Catholicism


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82) As some decretists pointed out, this was justifiable on the grounds that adultery has important civil consequences.
Gender and civic authority: sexual control in a medieval Italian town by Lansing, Carolj / Journal of Social History
82) As some decretists pointed out, this was justifiable on the grounds that adultery has important civil consequences.
Gender and civic authority: sexual control in a medieval Italian town by Lansing, Carol / Journal of Social History
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