Scripture
['skrɪptʃə] or ['skrɪptʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group.
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Definition
(n.) Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A passage from the Bible;; a text.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Writing, document.[2]. The Scriptures, the Bible, the Holy Scriptures.
a. Scriptural.
Typist: Veronica
Definition
n. sacred writing: the Bible: a writing: a deed: any sacred writing.—adj. Scrip′tural contained in Scripture: according to Scripture: biblical: written.—ns. Scrip′turalism literal adherence to the Scriptures; Scrip′turalist a literalist in his obedience to the letter of Scripture a student of Scripture.—adv. Scrip′turally.—ns. Scrip′turalness; Scrip′ture-read′er an evangelist who reads the Bible in cottages barracks &c.; Scrip′turist one versed in Scripture.—The Scriptures the Bible.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The sacred books of our holy religion as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
Editor: Margie
Examples
- But what is the example of Turks to Scripture Christians! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A large part of the remaining portions of the book read like good Scripture, however. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You know it says in Scripture, 'At midnight there was a great cry made. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But when he begins to put on a long face, and snuffle, and quote Scripture, I incline to think he isn't much better than he should be. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It is not good scripture, but it is sound Catholic and human nature. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The things which are seen are opposed in Scripture to the things which are unseen--they are equally opposed in Plato to universals and ideas. Plato. The Republic.
- At the age of six he had asked a Scripture riddle: Who was the first man known to wear breeches? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Tom isn't a bad hand, now, at explaining Scripture, I'll dare swear, said St. Clare. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I always have supposed, said Miss Ophelia, that you, all of you, approved of these things, and thought them _right_--according to Scripture. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He was generous; and charity, as it is well known, covereth a multitude of sins, in another sense than that in which it is said to do so in Scripture. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- If we suffer with him, we shall also reign, Scripture says; but, if we deny Him, he also will deny us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She was like the stiff-necked unbelievers of Scripture, who must be annihilated to be convinced. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The devil can quote Scripture, and law, and morality and reason and practicality. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The little township of Bashan was once the kingdom so famous in Scripture for its bulls and its oaks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Men of bright fancies may in this respect be compared to those angels, whom the scripture represents as covering their eyes with their wings. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Mixed up with a very extensive Manich?an literature are translations of the Christian scriptures and Buddhistic writings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All beautiful scriptures came into her mind. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- BOOK IV JUDEA, GREECE, AND INDIA XXI THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES AND THE PROPHETS[157] § 1. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These scriptures consist of a number of different elements. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have already noted that they had found it necessary to translate their scriptures into Greek. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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