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scripture cake

scripture cake noun: a cake whose recipe references lines from the King James Bible as ingredients in encoded form, where the ingredient is a noun found in that verse. The recipe is used to induce biblical learning and rote memorization of this particular edition of the Bible.

Noun

scripture cake (plural scripture cakes)

  1. (US) A cake whose recipe references lines from the King James Bible as ingredients in encoded form, where the ingredient is a noun found in that verse. The recipe is used to induce biblical learning and rote memorization of this particular edition of the Bible.

Forms of scripture cake

pluralscripture cakes

Questions about scripture cake

What does scripture cake mean?
Scripture cake means a cake whose recipe references lines from the King James Bible as ingredients in encoded form, where the ingredient is a noun found in that verse. The recipe is used to induce biblical learning and rote memorization of this particular edition of the Bible.
What part of speech is scripture cake?
Scripture cake is a noun.
What is the plural of scripture cake?
The plural of scripture cake is scripture cakes.

Words near scripture cake in the dictionary

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

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