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[Eng. decretory; al.] Decretory, authoritative. ".. 1. Her .: A term applied to the moon when in her decrement, or waning from the full to the last quarter. [DECREMENT, II. 1.] 2. Bot .: Applied to the form of those organs which decrease gradually from the base to the summit. dě-crêt-al, a. & s. [Lat. decretal is =containing a decree; decretum a decree.] A. As adj .: Pertaining to or containing a decree. "A decretal epistle is that which the pope decrees "-Auliffe: Parergon. B. As substantive: *I. Singular: 1. Gen.: A letter containing or embodying a decree or authoritative order. 2. Spec.: A letter of the Pope determining a point or question in ecclesiastical law. II. Plural : 1. Gen .: A book or collection of decrees or edicts; a corpus of laws. 2. Spec.: A collection or body of decrees, rescripts, mandates, edicts, and general resolutions of the Papal Council for the determination of points in ecclesiastical law or discipline. ( Haydn , .) "Traditions and decretals were made of equal force, and as authentical as the sacred charter itself."Howel: Vocal Forest. When the occupant of the See of Rome was only one of many bishops, it was customary to submit to the episcopal body in general any difficult points of doctrine or discipline requiring to be decided. As he rose above his colleagues in power and dignity, such questions came to be submitted to him individually rather than to them in common. In the twelfth century his decisions in such acquired the force of law. The term decretals applied to them was intended to recall the term decrees used of the Emperor's decisions in the old Roman Empire. The decretals had the force of law throughout the church, and were received with implicit obedience till the Papacy began to decline, early in the fourteenth century. Succe ive collections of these decretals were made. In the sixth century, Dionysius Exiguus, the distinguished chronologer who calculated the Christian era, made a collection of Papal decisions, but candidly confe ed that he could find none IMG:content-1970.png:[blocks in formation] overrule the Scripture itself, in a decretorial ."-Farmer: Letters to Worthing ton , let. 1. dě-cre-tõr-I-ly, adv . [Eng. decretory; -ly.] In a decretory manner. "Deal concisely and decretorily Wint. Ev. Conf., P. iii. ."- Goodman, IMG:content-1971.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1972.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1973.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1974.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Spec.: A hostile incursion or attack by soldiers. preserved upon coins, as sacrifices, triumphs, congiaries, allocutions, decursions, ." - Priest ley: On History , pt. ii., lect. 6. †dě-curs-Ive, a. [Fr. décurs if .] Bot.: Decurrent. dě-cūrs-ive-ly, adv . [Eng. decursive; -ly.] Bot.: The same as decurrently (q. v.). theing being doubled at the angle, makes up the that is the emphatical decu ation , or fund a- Chemistry: Also called Diamyl or Di-iso-pentyl. C10H22, obtained by the action of sodium on amyl iodide. It is a liquid boiling at 158°. By the action of chlorine it yields decyl chloride, C10H21Cl. dě-çỹl-ic, a . [Eng., ., decyl ; -ic.] decylic acid, s . Chem.: C9H19 CO-OH. [CAPRIC ACID.] *de-dec-or-āte, v . t . [Lat. dedecoratus , pa. *de-cûrt'-ěd, pa . par ., a . or s. [DECURT.] *děc-u-ry, s. [Lat. decuria =a company of ten, of de decorateraceae away, from, and fibres, decu ating one another longways."-Ray. B. In trans.: To intersect at acute angles. "But whether they decu ate , coalesce, or only touch one another, they do not well agree."-Derham: Physico- Theology, bk. iv., ch. 2. cu ated characters in many Consulary coynes, Browne: Cyrus' Garden, ch. 1. 1. Bot . The same as decu ate , a. (q. v.) *2. Rhet .: An epithet applied to a period which consists of two rising and two falling clausos, placed alternately in opposition to each other. de-cŭs-sāte-lý, adv . [Eng. decu ate ; ly.] In a decu ate or intersecting manner. decoro to adorn, to ornament.] To disgrace. "Why lett'st weake wormes thy Head dedecorate?"- Davies: Holy Roode , p. 13. de-dec-or-ā-tion, s. [Lat. dedecoratio.] The act of disgracing; a disgrace. de-děc-or-ous, a. [Lat. dedecorosus.] Dis- graceful, shameful, unbecoming. dede dentition, life of the teeth. IMG:content-1975.png:[blocks in formation] dedicate than in that of devoting ; but le so than in that of consecrating. To dedicate and devote may be em ployed in both spiritual and temporal matters: to consecrate and hallow only in the spiritual sense: we may dedicate or devote anything that is at our disposal to the service of some object: but the former is employed mostly' in regard to superiors, and the latter to persons without distinction of rank: we dedicate a house to the service of God; or we devote our time to the benefit of our friends or the relief of the poor: we may dedicate or devote ourselves to an object; but the former always implies a solemn setting apart springing from a sense of duty: the latter an entire application of one's self from zeal and affection: in this manner he who ded icates himself to God abstracts himself from every object which is not immediately connected with the service of God: he who devotes himself to the ministry pursues it as the first object of his attention and regard: such a dedication of one's self is hardly consistent with our other duties as members of society; but a devotion of one's powers, one's time, and one's knowledge to the spread of religion among men is one of the most honorable and sacred kinds of de votion. To consecrate is a species of formal dedica tion by virtue of a religious observance; it is applicable mostly to places and things connected with religious works: hallow is a species of informal con sec ration applied to the same objects: the church is consecrated; particular days are hallowed ." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.)