Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The first English translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible authorized by the Roman Catholic Church. The Old Testament was published in 1582, the New Testament in 1609-10.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The Latin word for skull is calvaria, and Golgotha is called Calvary in the Douay Bible.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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The Latin word for skull is calvaria, and Golgotha is called Calvary in the Douay Bible.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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The Douay Bible was never after this printed abroad.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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He was the first Catholic of prominence in the publishing trade in the United States, and brought out in 1790 the first edition of the Douay Bible printed in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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In this he did not altogether succeed, and it is now generally conceded that the Douay Bible contained much excellent and scholarly work, its very faults being due to over-anxiety not to sacrifice accuracy.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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English Carmelite, reviser of the Douay Bible, born c. 1705; d. in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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The preparation of the Douay Bible was among their chief undertakings.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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One of the chief works undertaken in the early years of the college was the preparation of the well-known Douay Bible.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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(Psalm lxv, v. 12, Douay Bible; lxvi in Protestant versions.) [67] Many of these exiles went to Formosa and other neighboring islands.
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The Douay Bible (Roman Catholic version), 1609-10:
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