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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebLiterature, 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
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin vulgata, from Late Latin vulgata editio edition in general circulation