Vulgate

//ˈvʌlɡeɪt// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made common, published for common use. archaic
  2. 2
    In or pertaining to the common version or edition. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A particular Latin translation of the Bible made by Saint Jerome in the late 4th century CE.
Noun
  1. 1
    The language of a people, especially the commoners.

    "The linguistic and socio-historical evidence herein examined suggests that the development of Coptic occurred in Ptolemaic Egypt, not only as a spoken vulgate in the Delta, but as a script produced through […]"

  2. 2
    A common version or edition.
Verb
  1. 1
    To publish, spread, promulgate to the people.

    "Ordinary and vulgated sources will usually give all that is needed for a broad outline"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Vulgāta.

Etymology 2

From Latin vulgātus, past participle of vulgō (“publish, make common, cheapen”).

Etymology 3

From Latin vulgātus, past participle of vulgō (“publish, make common, cheapen”).

Etymology 4

From Latin vulgātus, past participle of vulgō (“publish, make common, cheapen”).

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