Scripture Meaning
/ˈskɹɪpt͡ʃɚ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA sacred writing or holy book.
nounThe foundational text of a given religion, or a text considered especially holy.
Sentence Examples
Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture.
The Quran is the holy scripture of Muslims.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The priest read a passage from the ____ during the morning service yesterday.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The theologian spent years studying ____ in its original languages to understand its meaning.
Word Origin & History
From Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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?, →ISBN, page 143:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The priest read a passage from the ____ during the morning service yesterday.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The theologian spent years studying ____ in its original languages to understand its meaning.