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Definition of: Jerome
(jə·rōm′, Brit. jer′əm)
A masculine personal name. Also Fr. Jé·rôme (zhā·rôm′), Dan. Je·ro·ny·mus (ye·rō′ni·məs), Pg., Sp. Je·ro·ni·mo (Pg. zhe·rō′ni·m, Sp. hā·rō′nē·mō). [<Gk., holy name]
—Jerome, Saint,
340?–420, one of the four great Latin church fathers; prepared the Vulgate.
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