vernacularize

American

[ver-nak-yuh-luh-rahyz, vuh-nak-] / vərˈnæk yə ləˌraɪz, vəˈnæk- /

especially British, vernacularise

verb (used with object)

vernacularized, vernacularizing

to translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people.

Other Word Forms

vernacularization noun

Etymology

Origin of vernacularize

First recorded in 1815–25; vernacular + -ize

Example Sentences

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Like Romanists, in the use of the Latin service, the Mohammedans cling, with deathly tenacity, to their Arabic bible and Arabic worship, foolishly believing that to vernacularize their faith is to degrade and corrupt it.

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