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Definition of Douay version
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 Douay Version
Literary usage of Douay version
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Bibles of America: Being a Descriptive Account of Bibles Published in by John Wright (1894)
"It was the douay version made from the Latin Vulgate. The work was undertaken by
Mathew Carey, who had for political reasons come to this country. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Theoriginal douay version, which is the foundation on which nearly all English
Catholic versions are still based, owed its existence to the religious ..."
3. A Protestant Dictionary: Containing Articles on the History, Doctrines, and by Charles Henry Hamilton Wright, Charles Neil (1904)
"The douay version was made because it was hopeless to exclude Englishmen at that
time from the perusal of the Scriptures, and the ablest of the Roman ..."
4. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"The society required children in its schools, of whatever persuasion, to read
the Scriptures daily; it allowed either the authorized or the douay version to ..."
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