Definitions for jeromedʒəˈroʊm
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Je•romedʒəˈroʊm(n.)
Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus), a .d . c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate.
Category: Biography
Princeton's WordNet
Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus(noun)
(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
Wiktionary
Jerome(ProperNoun)
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Origin: From the vernacular form of the saint's name Hieronymus, from Ἱερώνυμος hieros "holy" + onoma "name".
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