Vulgation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of spreading or promulgating among the common people. no-plural, obsolete, rare

    "And though the Council of Trent denied the reading of them to the Laity, pretending that the Vulgation of them was the cauſe of ſo many Hereſies abroad in the World […]"

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"And though the Council of Trent denied the reading of them to the Laity, pretending that the Vulgation of them was the cauſe of ſo many Hereſies abroad in the World […]"

Etymology

From Latin vulgātiō, from vulgō (“publish”).

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