Douay Bible

American  

[doo-ey] / ˈdu eɪ /

noun

1. an English translation of the Bible, prepared by Roman Catholic scholars from the Vulgate. The New Testament was published at Rheims in 1582 and the Old Testament was published at Douai in 1609–10.

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Douay Bible British  

/ ˈduːeɪ /

noun

1. an English translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate text completed by Roman Catholic scholars at Douai in 1610

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Example Sentences

"And on earth peace, good will toward men," says the King James version, and the Catholic Douay Bible has it "peace to men of good will."

From Time Magazine Archive

To the ring of fanfares he arose, removed his black topcoat, stepped forward with Chief Justice Earl Warren and, over a closed, family Douay Bible, repeated his oath in a clear, crisp voice.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Douay Bible was first translated and published complete in 1609, almost simultaneously with the Bible of King James.

From The New Testament Translated From the Original Greek, With Chronological Arrangement of the Sacred Books, and Improved Divisions of Chapters and Verses. by Sawyer, Leicester A. (Leicester Ambrose)

The Douay Bible of 1609 was presented by Sir Rich.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn

This monotonous building, I found, had once been the English college for priests, where the celebrated Douai or Douay Bible had been translated.

From A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington