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"Vernacular" Definition

noun

A variety of such everyday language specific to a social group or region: the vernaculars of New York City.
An idiomatic word, phrase, or expression.
The common, nonscientific name of a plant or animal.
The everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language. See Synonyms at dialect.
The idiom of a particular trade or profession: in the legal vernacular.

adjective

Native to or commonly spoken by the members of a particular country or region.
Occurring or existing in a particular locality; endemic: a vernacular disease.
Of or being an indigenous building style using local materials and traditional methods of construction and ornament, especially as distinguished from academic or historical architectural styles.
Relating to or designating the common, nonscientific name of a plant or animal.
Relating to or expressed in the native language or dialect.

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