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Rheims-Douay Version

Rheims-Douay Version

9.9
An English translation of the Bible made from the Latin Vulgate by Catholic scholars around 1600
  • noun
  • /reɪmz ˈdoʊ.eɪ ˈvɜr.ʒən/
translation icon : Versión de Reims-Douay
  • The language of the Rheims-Douay Version is notable for its faithfulness to the Latin Vulgate.

Examples

  • Scholars often compare the Rheims-Douay Version with other English translations to study doctrinal differences.

  • Many Catholics read passages from the Rheims-Douay Version during church services.

  • The Rheims-Douay Version is known for its fidelity to the Latin Vulgate.

  • Many scholars prefer the Rheims-Douay Version for its historical significance.

  • Many Catholics read passages from the Rheims-Douay Version during church services.

  • Scholars often compare the Rheims-Douay Version with other English translations to study doctrinal differences.

  • The language of the Rheims-Douay Version is notable for its faithfulness to the Latin Vulgate.

Synonyms

Douay-Rheims Version
vsRheims-Douay Version
9.9

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

is the same translation but uses the other place name order
Douay-Rheims Bible
vsRheims-Douay Version
9.6

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

is the same translation but uses the opposite place name order
Rheims-Douay Bible
vsRheims-Douay Version
9.9

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

is the same translation but names it as a version instead of Bible
Douay Bible
vsRheims-Douay Version
9.2

An English translation of the Catholic Bible made by scholars at Douay and Rheims around 1600

presents the same translation but focuses on the two-place title
Douay Version
vsRheims-Douay Version
9.9

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

uses the reversed place order in its conventional title instead

Surface Forms

Rheims-Douay Version singular
Rheims-Douay Versions plural

Morphology

Rheims-Douay + version

The noun 'version' transparently indicates an edition or translation, so a learner who knows the constituents will infer this is a named edition or translation. However, 'Rheims-Douay' is an opaque proper name that gives no lexical clue to the fact that it is a specific English Bible translation from the Latin Vulgate by Catholic scholars, so the full, specific meaning cannot be derived.

Etymology

Rheims-Douay Version gets its name from the two towns, Rheims and Douay, where English Catholic scholars made an English version of the Bible from the old Latin text. So the title simply tells you where and by whom it was made, and it means 'an English translation of the Bible' used by Roman Catholics.