Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
vernacular language of a people
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But the vulgate is the only ver - sion which has thus read the passage.
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It is more a difference between 'confused thinking and feeling people' and an 'easily mesmerised and manipulated 'vulgate', that is to say the GOP and tea party set.
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How unhip the language: "vulgate," "spinal block" and "womb," not the province of language poetry, far too sincere and bodily, far too rhythmic, but more unwieldly than the formalists.
Strange Bedfellows Lemon Hound 2009
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One group of historians, known in modern times as the vulgate tradition, used Cleitarchus as its primary source but supplemented his work with other authors.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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One group of historians, known in modern times as the vulgate tradition, used Cleitarchus as its primary source but supplemented his work with other authors.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The biographer Plutarch also drew on the vulgate tradition, but read widely from other sources as well.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The biographer Plutarch also drew on the vulgate tradition, but read widely from other sources as well.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The biographer Plutarch also drew on the vulgate tradition, but read widely from other sources as well.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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One group of historians, known in modern times as the vulgate tradition, used Cleitarchus as its primary source but supplemented his work with other authors.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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And all of them printed in the vulgate (vernacular) for all and sundry of us vulgar commoners to see - if we learned to read.
chained_bear commented on the word vulgate
Ooh, this word's sexy.
April 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word vulgate
Really? Seems rather vulgar to me. ;-)
April 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word vulgate
But it's got a bit of vulva in it. Which you have to admit is a damn sexy word. So is velvet. Wait... I feel a disturbance in the List Force...
April 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word vulgate
Um...sounds like an OB/GYN exam to me, actually. *rubs eyes*
April 29, 2008
dontcry commented on the word vulgate
Sounds like another Washington sex scandal to me!
April 29, 2008
frindley commented on the word vulgate
c_b seems to be very fond of the labio-dental voiced fricative. Couldn't agree more. Mmmmmmm.
Sorry, that should be Vvvvvvvvv.
April 29, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word vulgate
Oh, yes, say it again: fricative.
April 29, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word vulgate
"Fricative: Of or relating to the act of fricking"?
April 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word vulgate
At least we're not talking about firkins.
April 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word vulgate
Vvvvvvvvv...
Actually, 1) I like labio-dental voiced fricative quite a bit, thanks frindley... and 2) I think I like this particular labio-dental voiced fricative more than most, especially with an L somewhere in the mix. Wait... is L also a labio-dental voiced fricative?
Firkin L's.
April 29, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word vulgate
According to Wikipedia, L is an alveolar lateral approximant. But it's also a type of liquid consonant, which I think makes it considerably sexier.
April 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word vulgate
It's also easier to drink consonants when they're in liquid form.
April 29, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word vulgate
Yes, but you shouldn't drink too many consonants in one day; it can irritate the vowels.
April 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word vulgate
BLAHAHAHAHAHA!! HA HA!! Oh, ha, ha, ha!! Ptero, that's wonderful.
April 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word vulgate
*guffaw!*
April 29, 2008
sionnach commented on the word vulgate
Oh no, the dreaded irritable vowel syndrome.
April 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word vulgate
Superb play, ptero!
April 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word vulgate
Where have all these clowns gone?
Good times.
March 20, 2019