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scriptural

/ˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃəɹəl/

scriptural adjective: of, relating to, or in accordance with scripture.

Adjective

scriptural (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or in accordance with scripture.
    • When explicated in Augustine’s On Christian Teaching or in Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, the ordo amoris emerges as a concept that is both cogent on its own terms—reciprocal obligations incurred through birth and upbringing are, after all, self-evidently stronger than those we freely undertake...2025 January 31, James Orr, “JD Vance States the Obvious About Ordo Amoris”, in First Things, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2025
    Synonyms:
    biblical, orthodox

scriptural meaning in Tamil and Kannada

scriptural in Tamil

திருநூல் சார்ந்த, திருநூல் கோட்பாடுகளை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்ட, திருநூல் கருத்துக்களோடு இசைந்த, திருநூல் கருத்துக்களை வலியுறுத்துகிற

scriptural in Kannada

ಧರ್ಮಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಾನುಸಾರ, ಧರ್ಮಗ್ರಂಥ ಸಮ್ಮತ, ಧರ್ಮಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ಆಧಾರಿತ

Synonyms of scriptural

Antonyms

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Origin of scriptural

From scripture + -al.

Words formed from scriptural

Questions about scriptural

What does scriptural mean?
Scriptural means of, relating to, or in accordance with scripture.
What is scriptural in Tamil?
Scriptural in Tamil is திருநூல் சார்ந்த, திருநூல் கோட்பாடுகளை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்ட, திருநூல் கருத்துக்களோடு இசைந்த. See Scriptural meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scriptural?
Scriptural is an adjective.
How do you pronounce scriptural?
Scriptural is pronounced /ˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃəɹəl/.

Words near scriptural in the dictionary

  1. scriptory
  2. scripts
  3. scripts out
  4. scriptuary
  5. scriptura continua
  6. scriptural
  7. scripturalism
  8. scripturalist
  9. scripturalists
  10. scripturality
  11. scripturalization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scriptural (page history and authors); scriptural (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scriptural (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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