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Vulgate definition

Vul·gate (vul′gāt′, -git)

noun

  1. a Latin version of the Bible prepared by St. Jerome in the 4th cent., authorized as the official biblical text of the Roman Catholic Church
  2. any text or version in common acceptance
  3. the vernacular, or common speech

Etymology: ML vulgata (editio), popular (edition) < L vulgatus, common, usual, orig. pp. of vulgare, to make common < vulgus: see vulgar

adjective

  1. of or in the Vulgate
  2. commonly accepted; popular; specif., of or in the vernacular, or common speech

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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