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SCRIPTURE
scripture, sacred scripture
(noun) any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word
(noun) the sacred writings of the Christian religions; “he went to carry the Word to the heathen”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Scripture
The Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible.
The Hebrew Tanakh
The Muslim Quran.
Any of several other texts considered holy
the Aqdas
the Adi Granth
the Avesta
the Book of Shadows
the Raelian Sensual Meditation
the Poetic Edda
the Tripitaka
the Veda
Noun
Scripture (uncountable)
The religious text of a given religion.
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Etymology
Noun
scripture (countable and uncountable, plural scriptures)
A sacred writing or holy book.
(by extension) An authoritative statement.
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Source: Wiktionary
Scrip"ture, n. Etym: [L. scriptura, fr. scribere, scriptum, to write: cf. OF. escripture, escriture, F. Ă©criture. See Scribe.]
1. Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription. I have put it in scripture and in remembrance. Chaucer. Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the tomb, the which was in Latin. Ld. Berners.
2. The books of the Old and the new Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; -- used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural. There is not any action a man ought to do, or to forbear, but the Scripture will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it. South. Compared with the knowledge which the Scripteres contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity. Buckminster.
3. A passage from the Bible;; a text. The devil can eite Scripture for his purpose. Shak. Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful Scripture. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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