decretalis Latin · revision 10212

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ulpian|origins=la dēcrētum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [deː.kreːˈtaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [de.kreˈtaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēcrētālis''' (neuter dēcrētāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dēcrētum|-ālis|t1=decree]], from [[dēcernō]] “to decide”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Ulpian, and Gaffiot cites him in the Digest.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Ulpian before 223 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A post-classical legal word, it meant depending on a magistrate's ruling or a judge's decree, as of a succession to goods in the Digest.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means of a decree.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it as a noun, ''dēcrētālis'' (''epistola''), for a decretal, a papal letter answering a point of law.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''decretal'', French ''décrétale'' and German ''Dekretale'' are from it.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 511–695 – Church councils use it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Depending on a [[m|en|decree]], ordered by decree.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|decretal]], a papal letter on a point of law.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēcrētum]]

+ * [[dēcernō]]

+ * [[en|decretal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}