DECRETIST


Meaning of DECRETIST in English

/di kree"tist/ , n. (in medieval universities)

1. a student in the faculty of law.

2. a student of the Decretals; expert in the canon law.

[ 1350-1400; decretista, equiv. to L decret ( um ) DECREE + -ista -IST ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .