English edit

Etymology edit

decretal +‎ -ism

Noun edit

decretalism (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The beliefs of the decretalists.
    • 1865, Thomas Greenwood, Cathedra Petri. A political history of the great Latin Patriarchate:
      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.