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Douay-Rheims Bible

Douay-Rheims Bible

9.6
An English version of the Catholic Latin Bible made by scholars in the late 1500s and early 1600s
  • proper noun
translation icon : Biblia Douay-Rheims
  • Many Catholics still read the Douay-Rheims Bible for its traditional language.

Examples

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

  • The Douay-Rheims Bible was the standard English Bible for Catholics before other translations became popular.

  • He found a rare 17th-century edition of the Douay-Rheims Bible at the library.

  • Have you read the Douay-Rheims Bible?

  • Many Roman Catholics prefer the Douay-Rheims Bible for its traditional language and fidelity to the Latin Vulgate.

  • The Douay-Rheims Bible is often referenced in discussions about Catholic interpretation of scripture.

  • During the Reformation, the Douay-Rheims Bible served as a key text for English-speaking Catholics.

Synonyms

Douay-Rheims Version
vsDouay-Rheims Bible
9.9

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

uses the more common title form preferred in reference works
Douay Version
vsDouay-Rheims Bible
9.9

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

prefers the dual-place title form rather than the shorter single-place label
Douay Bible
vsDouay-Rheims Bible
9.2

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

uses the place-name title order instead of focusing on production locations
Rheims-Douay Version
vsDouay-Rheims Bible
9.9

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

follows the alternative name order, not the more common sequence
Rheims-Douay Bible
vsDouay-Rheims Bible
9.9

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

uses the opposite title order and the other label form

Surface Forms

Douay-Rheims Bible main

Morphology

Douay-Rheims + Bible

The headword contains a clear lexical noun 'Bible', so a B1 learner who knows that word can infer this refers to a particular edition or version of the Bible. However 'Douay-Rheims' is a proper name with no semantic transparency for most learners and does not allow derivation of the historical/translation sense, so the overall phrase is only partially predictable.

Etymology

Douay-Rheims Bible is named after two French towns, Douay and Rheims, where English Catholic scholars living in France made an English 'translation' of the 'Latin Bible' in the late 1500s and early 1600s. That's why the name is used for this traditional Catholic English Bible today.