vulgate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun the Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century; as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church

From Latin vulgātus, past participle of vulgō (“publish, make common, cheapen”).

The Vulgate has cum lacticibus agrestibus. — Pascal's Pensées, Blaise Pascal
Hebrew notes on Genesis and Exodus, with special reference to the text of the Vulgate. — Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ, Aaron Bernstein
9, which in the Vulgate reads, “Placebo Domino in regione vivorum” — “I will please the Lord in the land of the living” 21. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer

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