Word Meaning

Meaning of decretal

- Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle.
- 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.
- The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.