decretist
(dɪˈkriːtɪst)
[ad. med.L. dēcrētista, f. dēcrētum decree: see -ist. So OF. décrétiste (1499 in Godef.), earlier décrétistre (see next).]
One versed in the Decretals; a decretalist.
| c 1400 Apol. Loll. 75 Þe decretistis, þat are Israelitis..as to þe part of sciens þat þey han tane of Godis lawe, & Egipcians, as to þe part þat þey haue of worldly wysdam. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Decretist, a Student, or one that studies the Decretals. 1726 Ayliffe Parergon xx, The Decretists had their Rise and Beginning, even under the Reign of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. 1871 Vaughan Life St. Thomas 352 To attend the lectures of the decretists. |