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scripture

Syllables: scrip·tureUK/ˈskɹɪptʃə//ˈskɹɪpt͡ʃɚ/

scripture noun: a sacred writing or holy book.

scripture: a sacred writing or holy book
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Noun (1)

scripture (countable and uncountable, plural scriptures)

  1. A sacred writing or holy book.
    • The primary scripture in Zoroastrianism is the Avesta.
    • 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
  2. (broadly) An authoritative statement.
  3. A (short) passage or verse from the Bible.
  4. (Hinduism) a Hindu liturgical text

Noun (2) capitalized: Scripture

Scripture (plural Scriptures)

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

scripture meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

scripture in Hindi

any sacred writing or book
धर्मग्रंथ dharmagranth

scripture in Urdu

کتاب

scripture in Bengali

scripture
অয়ন oẏon

scripture in Malayalam

വിശുദ്ധ ബൈബിൾ, വിശുദ്ധഗ്രന്ഥം, വേദം
More languagesFewer languages
scripture in Kannada
ಮೇಲ್ಬರಹ
scripture in Punjabi
ਕਤੇਬ kateb, کَتیب kateb
scripture in Tagalog
kasulatan, banal na kasulatan
scripture in Indonesian
kitab suci, kitab
scripture in Vietnamese
thánh thư

Examples of scripture in a sentence

  • In Hindu scriptures, the four-eyed dogs Śārvara and Śyāma guard the underworld's entrance.
  • Therefore many Rastafari are particularly selective about what they believe in the scriptures.
  • On his return, he became the most famous translator of Buddhist scriptures in Kucha.

All 20 example sentences with scripture

Forms of scripture

pluralscriptures
pluralScriptures

Plural of scripture: scriptures

Origin of scripture

From Middle English scripture, from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”). By surface analysis, script + -ure.

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

Words formed from scripture

Phrases with scripture

Questions about scripture

What does scripture mean?
Scripture means a sacred writing or holy book.
What is scripture in Hindi?
Scripture in Hindi is धर्मग्रंथ (dharmagranth). See Scripture meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is scripture?
Scripture is a noun.
How do you pronounce scripture?
Scripture is pronounced /ˈskɹɪpt͡ʃɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of scripture?
The plural of scripture is scriptures.

Words near scripture in the dictionary

  1. scripturalized
  2. scripturalizes
  3. scripturalizing
  4. scripturally
  5. scripturalness
  6. scripture
  7. scripture cake
  8. scripture cakes
  9. scriptureless
  10. scripturelike
  11. scriptures

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scripture (page history and authors); Scripture (page history and authors); scripture (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অয়ন (Bengali) (page history and authors); scripture (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scripture (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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