单词 | Vulgate |
释义 | Vulgate/ˈvʌlɡeɪt / /ˈvʌlɡət/noun 1The principal Latin version of the Bible, prepared mainly by St Jerome in the late 4th century, and (as revised in 1592) adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church.The subversive power of printing is illustrated by Martin Luther's translation of the Latin Vulgate (15??)...
2 (vulgate) [in singular] Common or colloquial speech.And he impacts so directly not because the public understands greatness in a way that the literary establishment doesn't (or, as critics suggest, because King has access to a mystical vulgate that ‘proper’ novelists can't or won't use)....
OriginFrom Latin vulgata (editio(n-)) '(edition) prepared for the public', feminine past participle of vulgare, from vulgus 'common people'. |
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