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Noun: Vulgate  'vúl,geyt
  1. (Roman Catholicism) 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

Derived forms: Vulgates

Type of: Bible, Book, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God

Encyclopedia: Vulgate, Revision of