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decretist

[ dih-kree-tist ]

noun

  1. a student in the faculty of law.
  2. a student of the Decretals; expert in the canon law.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of decretist1

1350–1400; < Medieval Latin dēcrētista, equivalent to Latin dēcrēt ( um ) decree + -ista -ist

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