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Douai|ˈduːeɪ, ˈdaʊeɪ|
Also Douay.
The name of a town in northern France used ellipt. or attrib. to designate the English translation of the Bible completed at Douai in the early 17th century and used in the Roman Catholic Church.
1837Dublin Rev. Apr. 476 To call it any longer the Douay or Rhemish version is an abuse of terms. 1847Webster, Douay-bible, an English translation of the Scriptures, sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church. 1864J. H. Newman Apol. i. 16 Words have been running in my head, which I find in the Douay version thus. 1867G. M. Hopkins Let. 15 Aug. (1956) 41, I must check them by the Douay. 1957Oxf. Dict. Chr. Ch. 419/1 Douai-Reims Bible, the traditional version of the Bible among English-speaking RCs... The work was begun at Douai, but owing to the migration of the college to Reims in 1578, the NT was completed in that city and published there in 1582. The OT, which did not appear till 1609, was published at Douai. 1971‘S. Woods’ Serpent's Tooth 42 She repeated the oath in a nervous voice, clutching the Douay Bible that had been provided for her. |