Scripture

See also: scripture

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Scripture

  1. The Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible.
  2. The Hebrew Tanakh
  3. The Muslim Quran.
  4. Any of several other texts considered holy:
    1. the Aqdas
    2. the Adi Granth
    3. the Avesta
    4. the Book of Shadows
    5. the Raelian Sensual Meditation
    6. the Poetic Edda
    7. the Tripitaka
    8. the Veda

Translations
Tanakh — see Tanakh
Bible — see Bible
Koran — see Koran
Edda — see Edda

Noun

Scripture (uncountable)

  1. The religious text of a given religion.

Translations
religious text

Anagrams
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