About The Word Scripture
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Scripture
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What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Scripture: Bible | Book | Good Book | Holy Scripture | Holy Writ | Word | Word of God Related Terms | Find terms related to Scripture: 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 Scripture In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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