Vulgate

[ vuhl-geyt, -git ]

/ ˈvʌl geɪt, -gɪt /

noun

the Latin version of the Bible, prepared chiefly by Saint Jerome at the end of the 4th century a.d., and used as the authorized version of the Roman Catholic Church.

(lowercase) any commonly recognized text or version of a work.

adjective

of or relating to the Vulgate.

(lowercase) commonly used or accepted; common.

Origin of Vulgate

< Late Latin vulgāta (editiō) popular (edition); vulgāta, feminine past participle of vulgāre to make common, publish, derivative of vulgus the public. See vulgar, -ate¹

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Examples from the Web for vulgate

The sense of the word as implying a compulsory service is shown in the Vulgate of Matt.
The English Village Community|Frederic Seebohm
He prepared the Latin translation of the Bible known as the Vulgate.
Browning's Shorter Poems|Robert Browning
Notwithstanding this decision in favour of the Vulgate, there was room left for partial uncertainty.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1|Henry Hallam
The art of printing is invented and the Vulgate, a Latin Bible, is the first book printed.
The Choctaw Freedmen|Robert Elliott Flickinger

They still really did believe, through thick and thin, that the Latin of the Vulgate and the Schoolmen was the sacred language.
The Oxford Reformers|Frederic Seebohm

British Dictionary definitions for vulgate (1 of 2)

vulgate

/ (ˈvʌlɡeɪt, -ɡɪt) rare /

noun

a commonly recognized text or version

everyday or informal speech; the vernacular

adjective

generally accepted; common

British Dictionary definitions for vulgate (2 of 2)

Vulgate

/ (ˈvʌlɡeɪt, -ɡɪt) /

noun

(from the 13th century onwards) the fourth-century version of the Bible produced by Jerome, partly by translating the original languages, and partly by revising the earlier Latin text based on the Greek versions
(as modifier)the Vulgate version

Word Origin for Vulgate

C17: from Medieval Latin Vulgāta, from Late Latin vulgāta editiō popular version (of the Bible), from Latin vulgāre to make common, from vulgus the common people

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