vernacular literature

collocation in English

meaningsofvernacularandliterature

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vernacular
adjective
uk
/vəˈnæk.jə.lər/us
/vɚˈnæk.jə.lɚ/
using the form of a language that a particular group of speakers use naturally, especially in ...
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literature
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪt.rə.tʃər/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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(Definition ofvernacularandliteraturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Vernacularliteraturewas to limit itself to moral behaviour and to the teaching of proper religious practices, especially the sacraments, and first and foremost confession.
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Invernacularliterature, people may collect traditional recipes in family cookbooks.
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Increased literacy and a growing body of secularvernacularliteratureencouraged the representation of secular themes in art.
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There was great interest in graceful poetry andvernacularliterature.
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New genres ofvernacularliteraturewere based on this language, including verse, drama and story forms, such as the "qu" and "sanqu".
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She was an active patroness ofvernacularliterature, with scribes and an illuminator in her household to copy books for her.
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This process took slightly longer in unpublishedvernacularliteratureand official records.
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This led to the decline ofvernacularliterature.
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Kotlarevsky (1769-1838) introduced purevernacularliteratureat the turn of the 18th century.
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Here the peasantry could not hunt, poaching being subject to severe punishment: the injustice of such emparked preserves was a common cause of complaint in populistvernacularliterature.
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