decretist

English

Etymology

From Latin decretista, from decretum. Compare French décrétiste. See decree (noun).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɹiːtɪst/

Noun

decretist (plural decretists)

1. A student, or epert, of decretals or decrees.

Translations

one learned in decretals

• Finnish: dekretisti

References

• “decretist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• creditest, directest, trisected