Usually means: Official decree by ecclesiastical authority.
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  7. decretal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (decretal)

▸ adjective:  Pertaining to a decree.
▸ noun:  (Roman Catholicism) A papal decree, particularly one derived from an ecclesiastical letter.
▸ noun:  (now rare) Any decree or pronounced instruction.

Similar:
edictal, decisional, adjudicatory, dynastic, diocesan, adjudicational, adjudicative, injunctive, decremental, deputational, more...

Opposite:
accretal, positive, affirmative, assertive, confirmatory

Types:
pontifical, episcopal, presbyteral, diocesan, collegial, conciliar, more...

Phrases:
papal decretal, decretal order, more...

Adjectives:
papal, first, famous, new, secret, same, old, certain, second, extant, false

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Similar:
edictal, decisional, adjudicatory, dynastic, diocesan, adjudicational, adjudicative, injunctive, decremental, deputational, more...

Opposite:
accretal, positive, affirmative, assertive, confirmatory

Types:
pontifical, episcopal, presbyteral, diocesan, collegial, conciliar, more...

Phrases:
papal decretal, decretal order, more...

Adjectives:
papal, first, famous, new, secret, same, old, certain, second, extant, false



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