Vulgated

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Made known to the general public or widely distributed, especially through publication or broadcasting
2. Divulged or revealed to a broad audience, as when something previously private or restricted becomes public knowledge
3. Brought to the attention of many people through communication or disclosure, no longer kept secret or confined

Etymology: "Vulgated" is the past tense and participle of "vulgate," a rare verb meaning to make something widely known or to publish it. It comes from Latin "vulgare," "to make common," which is built on "vulgus," "the common people." That same root gives English "vulgar" in its original sense of ordinary or popular, and "divulge," which is literally "to spread abroad." The verb is most likely connected to the Vulgate, the Latin Bible that Saint Jerome produced around 382 to 405 CE. Its full title, "versio vulgata," means the version in common use, not a crude or inferior one. The noun's sense of "commonly circulated" is why the Vulgate name eventually came to mean the standard text itself.