Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-CRE'TAL
DE-CRE'TAL, n.
- A letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law. – Encyc.
- A book of decrees, or edicts; a body of laws. – Spenser.
- A collection of the pope's decrees.
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