decretalism

English

Etymology

From decretal +‎ -ism.

Noun

decretalism (uncountable)

1. (historical) The beliefs of the decretalists.
   • 1865, Thomas Greenwood, Cathedra Petri. A political history of the great Latin Patriarchate:

     A glance at the articles of the statute of Clarendon will show that they contained as direct a contradiction to the decretalism of the canon law as could be expressed in words.