vernacularismn.
/vəˈnakjᵿlərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /vərˈnækjələˌrɪzəm/ 1. A vernacular word, idiom, or mode of expression.
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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > native language > vernacular word or expression
vulgar1532
vulgarism1644
vernacularism1846
vernacularity1867
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Q. Rev.).
1863 J. M. Neale Ess. Liturgiol. 527 Wherever the Church..was not established till a late period, there such vernacularisms are scarcely, or not at all, perceptible.
1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 307 (note) The more of such vernacularisms [as ‘belongings’] we call up from the past, the better.
2. The use of the native language.
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the mind > language > a language > [noun] > native language > use of
vernacularity1847
vernacularism1850
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > use of the vernacular in
vernacularism1850
1850 Ecclesiologist 11 176 If Rome not merely allows, but authorises such vernacularism, who can forbid us to employ our own Ecclesiastical English?
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