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Definition of Saint Jerome
1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420).
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Generic synonyms: Church Father, Father, Father Of The Church, Doctor, Doctor Of The Church, Saint, Theologian, Theologiser, Theologist, Theologizer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Jerome
Literary usage of Saint Jerome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Saint Jerome goes even further, stating that there were nearly as many types of
text as ... Saint Jerome (Eusebius Hieronymus, as he was called) was born of ..."
2. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"Saint Jerome on the Education of Girls (Letter to ... The following letter from
Saint Jerome (c. 340-420) was written to the Roman matron Laeta, ..."
3. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"Saint Jerome on the Education of Girls (Letter to ... The following letter from
Saint Jerome (c. 340-420) was written to the Roman matron Laeta, ..."
4. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), M. Guizot, William Hazlitt (1856)
"... monks into the west — They are ill received there — Their first progress —
Difference between eastern and western monasteries — Opinion of Saint Jerome, ..."
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