scripture

Noun
Synonyms: BibleChristian BibleBookGood BookHoly ScriptureHoly WritScriptureWord of GodWordsacred scripture

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the sacred writings of the Christian religions“he went to carry the Word to the heathen”Synonyms: BibleChristian BibleBookGood BookHoly ScriptureHoly WritScriptureWord of GodWord
  2. any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious groupSynonyms: sacred scripture
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Scripture \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. [1913 Webster]

I have put it in scripture and in remembrance.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the tomb, the which was in Latin.— Ld. Berners.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]
Compared with the knowledge which the Scriptures contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity.— Buckminster.[1913 Webster]

3.A passage from the Bible; a text. [1913 Webster]

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful Scripture.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
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