Saint Jerome

[seynt-juh-rohm; Fr. san-zhey-rohm]

St.-Jé·rôme

[seynt-juh-rohm; Fr. san-zhey-rohm]
noun
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, NW of Montreal. 25,123.
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Je·rome

[juh-rohm; for 2, 3 also Brit. jer-uhm]
noun
1.
Saint (Eusebius Hieronymus), a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
2.
Jerome K(lap·ka) [klap-kuh] , 1859–1927, English humorist and playwright.
3.
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sacred name.”
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saint jerome

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) [syn: Jerome
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