Extravagantes

British  

/ ɪkˌstrævəˈɡæntiːz /

plural noun

1. RC Church decretals circulating outside some recognized collection of canon law. Those of John XXII and the so-called Extravagantes communes form part of the Corpus Juris Canonici

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Etymology

Origin of Extravagantes

Latin: wandering, circulating

Example Sentences

Several collections of papal laws not included in those above, known by the general title of Extravagantes, i.e., laws extra vagantes, or outside of, the four compilations just mentioned.

From Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities by Norton, Arthur Orlo

They are first mentioned in Extravagantes of John XXII. and of Benedict XII.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

It is among the decrees or constitutions known as Extravagantes.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.

At Mans, said Eudemon, Francis Cornu, apothecary, had turned an old set of Extravagantes into waste paper.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

Whoever dips into the Novellæ of Leo, or the Extravagantes, as edited by Gothofridus, will not find either of them to contain matter of a light, airy, and amusing kind.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill