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Vulgate

vul·gate

UK/vʌlˈɡeɪt/ US/ˈvʌlɡət/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

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

Origin

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

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