Scripture

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Etymology

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

Noun

Scripture (plural Scriptures)

1. The foundational text of a given religion, or a text considered especially holy.

Usage notes

Often used by religious people as a proper noun for their own religion's foundational text.

Translations

religious text

Bulgarian: свето писание n (sveto pisanie) Finnish: pyhä kirja, Sana German: Heilige Schrift (de) f Japanese: 聖句 (ja) (せいく, seiku) Lithuanian: šventraštis m, raštas m (figuratively) Romanian: Sfânta Scriptură f Russian: Писа́ние (ru) n (Pisánije) Tagalog: kasulatan

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