1) Canon-law expert 2) Expert in the canon law 3) Medieval law
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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 glosses (glossae) and summaries (summae) on Gratian. They are contrasted with the decretalists, whos.....
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• (n.) One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.
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De·cre'tist noun [ Late Latin
decretista , from
decretum : confer French
décrétiste . See
Decree ,
noun ] One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.
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a student in the faculty of law. · a student of the Decretals; expert in the canon law.
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