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Webster 1913 Edition
Scripture
Scrip′ture
(?; 135)
, Noun.
[L.
scriptura
, fr. scribere
, scriptum
, to write: cf. OF. escripture
, escriture
, F. écriture
. See Scribe
.] 1.
Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.
I have put it in
scripture
and in remembrance. Chaucer.
Then the Lord of Manny read the
scripture
on the tomb, the which was in Latin. Ld. Berners.
2.
The books of the Old and the New Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; – used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural.
There is not any action a man ought to do, or to forbear, but the
Scripture
will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it. South.
Compared with the knowledge which the
Scriptures
contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity. Buckminster.
3.
A passage from the Bible; a text.
The devil can cite
Scripture
for his purpose. Shakespeare
Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful
Scripture
. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scripture
SCRIP'TURE
,Noun.
1.
In its primary sense, a writing; any thing written.2.
Appropriately, and by way of distinction, the books of the Old and New Testament; the Bible. The word is used either in the singular or plural number, to denote the sacred writings or divine oracles, called sacred or holy, as proceeding from God and containing sacred doctrines and precepts.There is not any action that a man ought to do or forbear, but the Scripture will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it.
Compared with the knowledge which the Scriptures contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity and emptiness.