vernacular
adjective/vəˈnækjələ(r)/
/vərˈnækjələr/
(specialist)- (of language) spoken by ordinary people in a particular country or region; using a vernacular language
- English vernacular poetry
Oxford Collocations DictionaryVernacular is used with these nouns:- architecture
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- (specialist) (of architecture ) in a style that is used for ordinary houses rather than large public buildings
- vernacular domestic architecture
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