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Douay Bible

Douay Bible

9.2
An English translation of the Catholic Bible made by scholars at Douay and Rheims around 1600
  • proper noun
translation icon : Biblia Douay
  • Many English-speaking Catholics relied on the Douay Bible before other Catholic translations became available.

Examples

  • He used a copy of the Douay Bible for his theological studies.

  • The Douay Bible differs from the King James Bible in several passages.

  • The Douay Bible is a significant text in Catholic tradition.

  • Many scholars study the Douay Bible for its historical context.

  • He used a copy of the Douay Bible for his theological studies.

  • Many English-speaking Catholics relied on the Douay Bible before other Catholic translations became available.

  • The Douay Bible differs from the King James Bible in several passages.

Synonyms

Douay Version
vsDouay Bible
9.9

An English Bible translation made from a Latin Bible by Catholic scholars in Douay and Rheims in the 1500s

lists both place names in the traditional order
Douay-Rheims Bible
vsDouay Bible
9.6

An English version of the Catholic Latin Bible made by scholars in the late 1500s and early 1600s

refers to it as a scholarly translation rather than just the book
Douay-Rheims Version
vsDouay Bible
9.9

An English Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars

uses the name of the text rather than a formal translation label
Rheims-Douay Bible
vsDouay Bible
9.9

An English translation of the Latin Bible used by Catholics from the late 1500s

keeps the more common order of those place names
Rheims-Douay Version
vsDouay Bible
9.9

An English translation of the Bible made from the Latin Vulgate by Catholic scholars around 1600

maintains the traditional name order and omits the formal label

Surface Forms

Douay Bible main

Morphology

Douay + Bible

This is a place-name + 'Bible' construction: knowing 'Douay' as a place/name and 'Bible' as the sacred text allows a learner to infer it denotes the Bible associated with Douay (i.e., a particular edition or translation). The naming pattern (e.g. 'King James Bible', 'Jerusalem Bible') is cross-linguistically common, so the basic meaning is transparently derivable even if the historical specifics are not.

Etymology

Douay Bible gets its name from the French towns where it was made: scholars in Douay and Rheims translated the church's Latin Bible into English long ago. Because it was made and used by English-speaking Catholics, the name Douay Bible now means that particular 'English translation'.