decretist

 [dih-kree-tist]  

de·cre·tist

   [dih-kree-tist]
noun (in medieval universities)
1.
a student in the faculty of law.
2.
a student of the Decretals; expert in the canon law.
Origin:
1350–1400; < Medieval Latin dēcrētista, equivalent to Latin dēcrēt(um) decree + -ista -ist
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