GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Vernacular , a. [L. vernaculus born in one's house, native, fr. verna a slave born in his master's house, a native, probably akin to Skr. vas to dwell, E. was.] Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language. “A vernacular disease.” 
   Harvey.
   
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   His skill in the vernacular dialect of the Celtic tongue.
   Fuller.
   
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   Which in our vernacular idiom may be thus interpreted.
   Pope.
   
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   Vernacular, n. The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality, opposed to literary or learned forms.
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