Home › Words › D › decretalismdecretalismdecretalism means the beliefs of the decretalists.EtymologyFrom decretal + -ism.nounThe beliefs of the decretalists.e.g.“A glance at the articles of the statute of Clarendon will show that they contained as direct a contradiction to the decretalism of the canon law as could be expressed in words.” — 1865, Thomas Greenwood, Cathedra Petri. A political history of the great Latin Patriarchate:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.decretist 81% match — A student, or epert, of decretals or decrees. vs decretalism →decretalist 77% match — A member of a 13th-century school of interpretation of canon law that emphasized the decretals (letters issued by the Popes on matters of church discipline) in preference to the Decretum Gratiani (1141), which their rivals, the decretists, favoured. vs decretalism →decretal 77% match — Pertaining to a decree. vs decretalism →decretive 68% match — Having the authority of a decree. vs decretalism →decretorial 66% match — serving as a decree; authoritative vs decretalism →decretively 66% match — In a decretive manner. vs decretalism →decisionist 66% match — Of or pertaining to decisionism. vs decretalism →decretory 64% match — Pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement. vs decretalism →