† deˈcretaline, a. Obs.
[f. decretal + -ine.]
Of or belonging to the Decretals.
| 1600 O. E. Repl. Libel ii. iii. 59 They haue..receiued a new decretaline law, wherein they walke more curiously, then in the law of God. Ibid. ii. iv. 90 Their decretaline doctrine is neither sound, nor holy. 1708 Motteux Rabelais iv. xlix. (1737) 199 Our old Decretaline Scholiasts. |