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/di kree"tist/, n. (in medieval universities)1. a student in the faculty of law.2. a student of the Decretals; expert in the canon law.[1350-1400; < ML decretista, equiv. to L decret(um) DECREE + -ista -IST]
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Decretist — De*cre tist, n. [LL. decretista, fr. decretum: cf. F. d[ e]cr[ e]tiste. See {Decree}, n.] One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Decretist — In the history of canon law, a decretist was student and interpreter of the Decretum Gratiani. Like Gratian, the decretists sought to provide a harmony of discordant canons (concordia discordantium canonum), and they worked towards this through… … Wikipedia
decretist — de·cre·tist … English syllables
decretist — ēd.ə̇st, ētə̇ noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English decretiste, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin decretista, from Latin decretum decree + ista ist : one specializing in the study of decretals … Useful english dictionary
Legist — The term Legist, from the Latin lex law , literally denotes any expert or student of law.It was especially used since the Carolingian dynasty for royal councillors who advised the monarch in legal matters, and specifically helped base its… … Wikipedia
Decretalist — Decretalist, Glossator oder Erklärer der Decretalen. Decretist, im Mittelalter was Canonist; besonders im Gegensatze gegen die Juristen, welche auf dem röm. Rechte fußend die Fürstengewalt gegenüber dem Papste geltend machen wollten … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Legists — • Teachers of civil or Roman law, who, besides expounding sources, explaining terms, elucidating texts, summarizing the contents of chapters, etc., illustrated by cases, real or imaginary, the numerous questions and distinctions arising out of… … Catholic encyclopedia
Decretalist — In the history of canon law, the decretalists of the thirteenth century formed a school of interpretation that emphasised the decretals, those letters issued by the Popes ruling on matters of church discipline (epistolae decretales), in… … Wikipedia
divine — adj 1. godly, godlike, deiform, deified; sacred, religious, holy, saintly, sainted, venerable, angelic, seraphic, blessed, blest, sanctified, hallowed, consecrated. 2. heavenly, celestial, spiritual, ethereal, supernal; beatific, blissful,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hierophant — n 1.(in reference to sacred mysteries) expounder, expositor, explicator, explainer, interpreter, revealer, teacher. 2. divine, theologian, hierologist; exegete, Biblical scholar, textualist, Talmudist, Talmudic scholar; canonist, decretist. 3.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
