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Scripturist

Scripturist noun: someone who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavours to live by them.

Noun

Scripturist (plural Scripturists)

  1. Someone who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavours to live by them.
    • The Puritan was a Scripturist,—a Scripturist with all his heart, if, as yet, with imperfect intelligence. […] [H]e cherished the scheme of looking to the Word of God as his sole and universal directory.1858, John Gorham Palfrey, chapter VII, in History of New England during the Stuart Dynasty. […], volume I, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, book I, page 274

Forms of Scripturist

pluralScripturists

Origin of Scripturist

From Scripture + -ist.

Questions about Scripturist

What does Scripturist mean?
Scripturist means someone who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavours to live by them.
What part of speech is Scripturist?
Scripturist is a noun.
What is the plural of Scripturist?
The plural of Scripturist is Scripturists.

Words near Scripturist in the dictionary

  1. Scripturian
  2. Scripturians
  3. scripturiency
  4. scripturient
  5. scripturism
  6. Scripturist
  7. Scripturists
  8. scriptwise
  9. scriptwriter
  10. scriptwriters
  11. scriptwriting

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