Hieronymic

Also Hi·er·o·nym·i·an

[hahy-er-uh-nim-ik, hahy-ruh-]

adjective

1. of or relating to St. Jerome.

Other Word Forms

• pre-Hieronymian adjective
• pre-Hieronymic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hieronymic¹

1650–60; < Latin Hieronym ( us ) Jerome + -ic

Example Sentences

Hieronymic, hī-e-rō-nim′ik, adj. of or pertaining to St Jerome—also Hieronym′ian.—n.

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The Hieronymic alphabet, particularly used by the priests of Dalmatia and Croatia, is so called from the tradition which attributes it to St. Hieronymus.

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