Clementines

/ (ˈklɛmənˌtiːnz, -ˌtaɪnz) /

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RC Church an official compilation of decretals named after Clement V and issued in 1317 which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici

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Words nearby Clementines

Clemente, Clement I, Clement II, Clement III, clementine, Clementines, Clement IV, Clement IX, Clement of Alexandria, Clement V, Clement VI

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How to use Clementines in a sentence

Hence he is spoken of with respect in the Clementines; while Paul, as a radical in relation to the Law, is discountenanced.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various
As to the Sext and Clementines they are merely additional commentaries on supplementary collections of decrees.
Illuminated Manuscripts|John W. Bradley
Nothing could be more opposed to the principles of the Clementines.
Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III)|Walter Richard Cassels
The latest scholarship is of the opinion that "the Clementines are unmistakably a production of the sect of the Ebionites."
Simon Magus|George Robert Stow Mead

Meanwhile the publication of the Clementines had produced results not corresponding exactly to the intentions of Clement.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II|Henry Charles Lea