Dou"ay Bi"ble (?). [From Douay, or Douai, a town in France.]
A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published.
[Written also
Doway Bible. Called also the
Rheims and Douay version.]
© Webster 1913.