Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Vulgate has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
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
"The scholar corrected a misprint in the medieval manuscript that had been copied directly from the Vulgate."
The vernacular language of a people.
"When translating the ancient scriptures, the committee decided to render them into the living vulgate rather than keeping them in obscure Latin."
To publish, spread, promulgate to the people.
"The bishop ordered that the new decree be vulgate throughout all the diocese so every parishioner could hear it directly from his lips."
Made common, published for common use, vulgarized.
"The ancient manuscript was replaced by the vernacular vulgate that allowed ordinary people to read the scriptures in their own language."
The Latin translation of the Bible (from Hebrew and Greek) made by Saint Jerome.
"The scholar argued that his textual analysis relied exclusively on the Vulgate, the authoritative Latin version of Scripture translated by St. Jerome."