Hieronymic
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of Hieronymic
1650–60; < Latin Hieronym ( us ) Jerome + -ic
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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.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne C. Lynch Botta
Hieronymic, hī-e-rō-nim′ik, adj. of or pertaining to St Jerome—also Hieronym′ian.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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