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scripturelike

scripturelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of scripture.

Adjective

scripturelike (comparative more scripturelike, superlative most scripturelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of scripture.
    • As an antiliquor tract, temperance literature was meant, scripturelike, to show drunkards their sinful ways and to lead them to a life of sobriety which would herald financial and social prosperity.1997, David S. Reynolds, Debra J. Rosenthal, The Serpent in the Cup: Temperance in American Literature, page 4

Forms of scripturelike

comparativemore scripturelike
superlativemost scripturelike

Origin of scripturelike

From scripture + -like.

Questions about scripturelike

What does scripturelike mean?
Scripturelike means resembling or characteristic of scripture.
What part of speech is scripturelike?
Scripturelike is an adjective.

Words near scripturelike in the dictionary

  1. scripturalness
  2. scripture
  3. scripture cake
  4. scripture cakes
  5. scriptureless
  6. scripturelike
  7. scriptures
  8. Scripturian
  9. Scripturians
  10. scripturiency
  11. scripturient

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