1
capitalized
: a Latin version of the Bible authorized and used by the Roman Catholic Church
2
: a commonly accepted text or reading
3
: the speech of the common people and especially of uneducated people
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By the fourth century, there was even a Bible translation in the vulgate.
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Fay Vincent, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2022
Literature, notably poetry, obsessed Florentine artists and intellectuals, who led the consolidation of the turn made by their fellow-citizen Dante, in the fourteenth century, from Latin to the vulgate that became modern Italian.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
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Fay Vincent, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2022
Literature, notably poetry, obsessed Florentine artists and intellectuals, who led the consolidation of the turn made by their fellow-citizen Dante, in the fourteenth century, from Latin to the vulgate that became modern Italian.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
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“Vulgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vulgate. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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