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scriptures

scriptures is the plural of scripture.

Meaning of scripture

Noun

scripture (countable and uncountable, plural scriptures)

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

See all 5 meanings of scripture

Noun capitalized: Scriptures

Scriptures

  1. (plural) plural of Scripture
    • But to this it may be sufficient to answer, that had not the Scriptures of plenary inspiration first been given, the others would never have been composed. They were all written by men to whom the compositions which are the Word of God […]1839, Samuel Noble, The Plenary Inspiration of the Scriptures Asserted, page 317
    • The Jew is not to reject the Christian Scriptures; - the Christian is to receive not only the Jewish and Christian Scriptures but also the Corân; - the Moslem is to accept and believe not only in the Corân, but in the Jewish and Christian Scriptures; […].1860, The Testimony Borne by the Coran to the Jewish and Christian Scriptures, page 79

Phrases with scriptures

Questions about scriptures

What is scriptures the plural of?
Scriptures is the plural of scripture.
What part of speech is scriptures?
Scriptures is a noun.

Words near scriptures in the dictionary

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

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