vulgate

noun

The common speech of a people; the vernacular.

noun

A widely accepted text or version of a work.

noun

The Latin edition or translation of the Bible made by Saint Jerome at the end of the fourth century AD, now used in a revised form as the Roman Catholic authorized version.

Common; general; popular.

[capitalized] Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, or old Latin version of the Scriptures.

noun

The Latin version of the Scriptures accepted as the authorized version of the Roman Catholic Church.

noun

The vulgar or popular tongue; the vernacular.

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, or the old Latin version of the Scriptures.

noun

An ancient Latin version of the Scripture, and the only version which the Roman Church admits to be authentic; — so called from its common use in the Latin Church.

noun

the vernacular language of a people