Decretum

/ dɪˈkriːtəm /

noun

1. RC Church the name given to various collections of canon law, esp that made by the monk Gratian in the 12th century, which forms the first part of the Corpus Juris Canonici

Example Sentences

Pars alia et hanc pellit, astroque suo eventus assignat, nascendi legibus; semelque in omnes futuros unquam Deo decretum; in reliquum vero otium datum.

From Project Gutenberg

Cong. generale Decretum confirmavit, et ubique exequutioni dandum esse praecepit.

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Jubet Decretum, ne Missa nuptiarum celebretur in duplicibus primae vel secundae classis sed vult ut in hujusmodi occursu solam obtineant commemorationem: ergo includit in regula etiam dies, in quibus per easdem Rubricas fieri nequit Festum duplex secundae classis vel occurrens vel translatum si in octava Epiphaniae duplicia isthaec non admittuntur, potiori jure nec Missa votiva privata non obstante Indultu admitti poterit, utpote quae in occursu hujusmodi duplicium celebranda non est”.

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Quoad primam partem, negative, juxta decretum, Feria iv.,

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Quoad primam partem, negative, juxta decretum Feria iv, 24 Julii, 1895, de abortus illiceitate.

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