VULGATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vulgate mean? 

• VULGATE (noun)
  The noun VULGATE has 1 sense:

1. the Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century; as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church

  Familiarity information: VULGATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VULGATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century; as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

Bible; Book; Christian Bible; Good Book; Holy Scripture; Holy Writ; Scripture; Word; Word of God (the sacred writings of the Christian religions)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)