scripture

[Scrip·ture]

The sacred writings of the Christian religions

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Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.

Noun
any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group

Noun
the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"


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.


Scripture

Scrip"ture , n. [L. scriptura, fr. scribere, scriptum, to write: cf. OF. escripture, escriture, F. '82criture. See Scribe.] 1. Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.
I have put it in scripture and in remembrance.
Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the tomb, the which was in Latin.
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.
Compared with the knowledge which the Scripteres contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity.
3. A passage from the Bible;; a text.
The devil can eite Scripture for his purpose.
Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful Scripture.

Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.

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Usage Examples

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long.

Each of our children during their high school years went to 'early morning seminary' - scripture study classes that met in the home of a church member every school day morning from 6:30 until 7:15.

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I would say 90 percent of Christians do not have a worldview, in other words a view of the world, based on the Scripture and a relationship with God.

I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue.

Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms.

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