Definitions for: Scripture


[n] any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
[n] the sacred writings of the Christian religion; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"



Webster (1913) Definition: Scrip"ture (?; 135), n. [L. scriptura, fr. scribere,
scriptum, to write: cf. OF. escripture, escriture, F.
['e]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.

Synonyms: Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Word, Word of God

See Also: American Revised Version, American Standard Version, Authorized Version, canon, Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, family Bible, King James Bible, King James Version, New English Bible, New Testament, Old Testament, religious text, religious writing, Revised Standard Version, Revised Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version, sacred text, sacred writing, Testament, text, Vulgate

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