vulgate

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vulgate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vulgate \Vul"gate\, n. [NL. vulgata, from L. vulgatus usual,
     common, p. p. of vulgare to make general, or common, fr.
     vulgus the multitude: cf. F. vulgate. See Vulgar, a.]
     An ancient Latin version of the Scripture, and the only
     version which the Roman Church admits to be authentic; -- so
     called from its common use in the Latin Church.
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     Note: The Vulgate was made by Jerome at the close of the 4th
           century. The Old Testament he translated mostly from
           the Hebrew and Chaldaic, and the New Testament he
           revised from an older Latin version. The Douay version,
           so called, is an English translation from the Vulgate.
           See Douay Bible.
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  Vulgate \Vul"gate\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, or the old Latin version of
     the Scriptures.
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vulgate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Vulgate
      n 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