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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vulgate /ˈvʌlɡeɪt -ɡɪt/ rare n - a commonly recognized text or version
- everyday or informal speech; the vernacular
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Vul•gate (vul′gāt, -git),USA pronunciation n. - Biblethe Latin version of the Bible, prepared chiefly by Saint Jerome at the end of the 4th centurya.d.,and used as the authorized version of the Roman Catholic Church.
- (l.c.) any commonly recognized text or version of a work.
adj. - Bibleof or pertaining to the Vulgate.
- (l.c.) commonly used or accepted;
common.
- Late Latin vulgāta (editiō) popular (edition); vulgāta, feminine past participle of vulgāre to make common, publish, derivative of vulgus the public. See vulgar, -ate1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Vulgate /ˈvʌlɡeɪt -ɡɪt/ n - (from the 13th century onwards) the fourth-century version of the Bible produced by Jerome, partly by translating the original languages, and partly by revising the earlier Latin text based on the Greek versions
- (as modifier): the Vulgate version
Etymology: 17th Century: from Medieval Latin Vulgāta, from Late Latin vulgāta editiō popular version (of the Bible), from Latin vulgāre to make common, from vulgus the common people |