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Vulgate (iou)



Vulgate adjective2 & noun. Also (in senses A.2, B.2, 3) vulgate. E17.
[Late Latin vulgata fem. (editio edition, lectio reading), vulgatus masc. (textus text), pa. pples of Latin vulgare make public or common, from vulgus common people: see -ATE2.]
A. adjective.
Designating the standard accepted version of (a portion of) the Bible, spec. the Latin version prepared mainly by St Jerome (see sense B.1 below); (of a passage etc.) occurring in such a version. E17.
gen. Designating or occurring in the standard accepted version of any text. M19.
b. noun.
A Vulgate bible; spec. the Latin version of the Bible prepared mainly by St Jerome in the late 4th cent. E18.
gen. The standard accepted reading or version of any text. M19.
Common or colloquial speech. M19.