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scriptorian

scriptorian noun: one who is familiar with scripture or sacred writing, or who refers back to it frequently.

Noun

scriptorian (plural scriptorians)

  1. (Mormonism) One who is familiar with scripture or sacred writing, or who refers back to it frequently.
    • In this connection, I stress again the deep need each woman has to study the scriptures. We want our homes to be blessed with sister scriptorians—whether you are single or married, young or old, widowed or living in a family. […]September 1979, Spencer W. Kimball, The Role of Righteous Women

Forms of scriptorian

pluralscriptorians

Origin of scriptorian

Derived from scripture, from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”), by analogy with terms such as historian.

Questions about scriptorian

What does scriptorian mean?
Scriptorian means one who is familiar with scripture or sacred writing, or who refers back to it frequently.
What part of speech is scriptorian?
Scriptorian is a noun.
What is the plural of scriptorian?
The plural of scriptorian is scriptorians.

Words near scriptorian in the dictionary

  1. scripton
  2. scriptons
  3. scriptor
  4. scriptoria
  5. scriptorial
  6. scriptorian
  7. scriptorians
  8. scriptorium
  9. scriptoriums
  10. scriptors
  11. scriptory

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