vernacularize

[ ver-nak-yuh-luh-rahyz, vuh-nak- ]

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verb (used with object)

vernacularized, vernacularizing.

to translate into the natural speech peculiar to a people.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vernacularize¹

First recorded in 1815–25; vernacular + -ize

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Like Romanists, in the use of the Latin service, the Mohammedans cling, with deathly tenacity, to their Arabic bible and Arabic worship, foolishly believing that to vernacularize their faith is to degrade and corrupt it.

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vernacularism vernal

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