vulgate

vul·gate  (vlgt, -gt)

n.

1. The common speech of a people; the vernacular.

2. A widely accepted text or version of a work.

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

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[Medieval Latin Vulgta, from Late Latin vulgta (editi), popular (edition), from Latin, feminine past participle of vulgre, to make known to all, from vulgus, the common people.]

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Vulgate

Noun

the fourth-century Latin version of the Bible

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Vulgate - 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 Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy