vulgate

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}, which is closer to the vulgate, and gives nearly the same sense On the other hand, in order to guard against a too great pinch of starvation, though he did not actually allow the boys to help themselves without further trouble to what they needed more, he did give them permission to steal (15) this thing or that in the effort to alleviate their hunger.

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  1. noun The common speech of a people; the vernacular.
  2. noun A widely accepted text or version of a work.
  3. noun The Latin edition or translation of the Bible made by Saint Jerome at the end of the fourth century A.D., now used in a revised form as the Roman Catholic authorized version.

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  1. Medieval Latin Vulgāta, from Late Latin vulgāta (editiō), popular (edition), from Latin, feminine past participle of vulgāre, to make known to all, from vulgus, the common people.

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  1. I. a. = Spanish vulgado = O Italian vulgato, from Latin vulgatus, common, general, ordinary, past participle of vulgare, make common, spread abroad, from vulgus, the common people: see vulgar. II. n. = French vulgate = Italian vulgata, from Middle Latin vulgata, sc. editio, the common edition, fem, of Latin vulgatus, common: see I.
 

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