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vernacularism|vəˈnækjʊlərɪz(ə)m|
[-ism.]
1. A vernacular word, idiom, or mode of expression.
1846Worcester (citing Q. Rev.). 1863Neale Ess. Liturgiol. 527 Wherever the Church..was not established till a late period, there such vernacularisms are scarcely, or not at all, perceptible. 1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. 307 note, The more of such vernacularisms [as ‘belongings’] we call up from the past, the better.
2. The use of the native language.
1850Ecclesiologist XI. 176 If Rome not merely allows, but authorises such vernacularism, who can forbid us to employ our own Ecclesiastical English? |