scripture

Etymology

From Middle English scripture, from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“I write”).

noun

  1. A sacred writing or holy book.
    The primary scripture in Zoroastrianism is the Avesta.
    In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority[…] 1732, George Reynolds, A diſſertation: or, Inquiry Concerning the Canonical Autority of the Goſpel according to Mathew;[…], 2nd edition, page 4
    It would be quite unwise to deem the whole historical enterprise as wrong-headed and to think that one can revert to the gospels' way of reading scripture, […] 2001, Leander Keck, Who is Jesus?, page 143
  2. (by extension) An authoritative statement.

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