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Definition of Rheims-Douay Bible
1. Noun. An English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars.
Generic synonyms: Bible, Book, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word Of God
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rheims-Douay Bible
Literary usage of Rheims-Douay Bible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"Another important work of Dr. Challoner is his revision of the Rheims-Douay Bible,
in which he substituted modern for antiquated terms. ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"Another important work of Dr. Challoner is his revision of the Rheims-Douay Bible,
in which he substituted modern for antiquated terms. ..."
3. A General and Critical Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture by Andrew Edward Breen (1897)
"These being united form the Rheims-Douay Bible, the " editio princeps" of all
English Catholic versions. In 1750 it was revised by Dr. Challoner, ..."
4. The Story of Our Bible: How it Grew to be what it is by Harold Bruce Hunting (1915)
"The other was the so-called Rheims-Douay Bible, prepared in turn by Roman Catholic
exiles in France, after Mary had been succeeded by the Protestant ..."
5. The Story of Our Bible: How it Grew to be what it is by Harold Bruce Hunting (1915)
"The other was the so-called Rheims-Douay Bible, prepared in turn by Roman Catholic
exiles in France, after Mary had been succeeded by the Protestant ..."
6. Hazlitt on English Literature: An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by William Hazlitt (1913)
"... Coverdale (1535), the Great Bible (1539), the Geneva or Breeches Bible (1557),
the Bishop's Bible (1568), and the Rheims-Douay Bible—the N'cw Testament ..."
7. Hazlitt on English Literature: An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by William Hazlitt (1913)
"... ¡curva or Breeches Bible (155;). tin1 Bishop's Bible (1568), and the Rheims-Douay
Bible—the New Testament ( 1582) and the Old Testament (1609-1610). ..."
8. A Book about the English Bible by Josiah Harmar Penniman (1919)
"The first American edition of the Rheims-Douay Bible was printed in Philadelphia
and bore the following title:— "The Holy Bible, Translated from the Latin ..."
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