Scripture Definition
skrĭpchər
scriptures
noun
scriptures
Anything written.
Webster's New World
Any sacred writing or books.
Webster's New World
A Bible passage.
Webster's New World
The writings collected as the Bible.
American Heritage
Any writing regarded as authoritative and inviolable.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- word
- word-of-god
- holy scripture
- book
- Christian Bible
- holy-writ
- bible
- good-book
- sacred scripture
- bhagavad-gita
- the Word
- the Book
- verity
- reality
- final word
Other Word Forms of Scripture
Noun
Singular:
scripturePlural:
scripturesOrigin of Scripture
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Middle English from Late Latin scrīptūra from Latin act of writing from scrīptus past participle of scrībere to write skrībh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin scrÄ«ptÅ«ra (“a writing, scripture"), from scrÄ«ptum, the supine of scrÄ«bō (“I write").
From Wiktionary
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