Home › Words › D › decretistdecretist/dɪˈkɹiːtɪst/decretist · noun — A student, or epert, of decretals or decrees.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).decretist is pronounced /dɪˈkɹiːtɪst/.EtymologyFrom Latin decretista, from decretum. Compare French décrétiste. See decree (noun).nounA student, or epert, of decretals or decrees.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.decretalist 83% 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 decretist →decretalism 81% match — The beliefs of the decretalists. vs decretist →decretal 77% match — Pertaining to a decree. vs decretist →decretive 70% match — Having the authority of a decree. vs decretist →decreer 70% match — One who issues a decree. vs decretist →decretory 69% match — Pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement. vs decretist →decretorily 69% match — In a decretory or definitive manner; definitively or by decree. vs decretist →decretively 68% match — In a decretive manner. vs decretist →