Jerome
pronunciation
How to pronounce Jerome in British English:
UK [dʒəˈrəum]
How to pronounce Jerome in American English:
US [dʒəˈrom]
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- 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)
Word Origin
- Jerome
- masc. proper name, from French Jérome, from Late Latin Hieronymus, from Greek Hieronymos, literally "holy name," from hieros "holy" (see ire) + onyma, dialectal form of onoma "name" (see name (n.)).
Example
- 1. The 1957 show , directed by jerome robbins , ran for 732 performances .
- 2. Their boy jerome david was born in new york city on jan. 1 , 1919 .
- 3. And he told me there was a slot open in henry jerome 's outfit .
- 4. Research in neurobiology , cited by jerome goldstein in lisbon last month , has served to reinforce this view .
- 5. American museum of natural history curator randall schuh named the species for the museum 's curator of bees jerome rozen .