Scripture

See also: scripture

English

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Etymology

From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#SCRIPTURE scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”)Category:English undefined derivations#SCRIPTURE, from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”).

Noun

Scripture (plural Scriptures)Category:English lemmas#SCRIPTURECategory:English nouns#SCRIPTURECategory:English countable nouns#SCRIPTURECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SCRIPTURECategory:Pages with entries#SCRIPTURECategory:Pages with 1 entry#SCRIPTURE

  1. The foundational text of a given religion, or a text considered especially holy.

Usage notes

Often used by religious people as a proper noun for their own religion's foundational text.

Translations

religious text

Anagrams

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