Decretum

noun

RC Church the name given to various collections of canon law, esp that made by the monk Gratian in the 12th century, which forms the first part of the Corpus Juris Canonici

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Related Words for decretum

case, statute, requirement, code, constitution, charter, mandate, decision, act, legislation, decree, precedent, regulation, ruling, charge, measure, order, edict, canon, tenet

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Historical Examples of decretum

But all these works were to be superseded by the Decretum of Gratian.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2
Various
Gratian completed the Decretum about 1151, and probably survived some years, but I have not met with the date of his death.
Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 98, September 13, 1851
Various
Decretum est ut public recitand concessio ab Imperatore peteretur.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV
J. H. Merle D'Aubign
As regards simony, the canons of the Decretum and the utterances of the doctors are quoted to show that it is heresy.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III
Henry Charles Lea
Episcopi by assuming that the Decretum of Gratian had not the authority of law, and was corrupt in many places.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III
Henry Charles Lea