Definition of scripture

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Scripture (n.) 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..

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Preach :: Preach (v. i.) To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject, or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon..
Postillator :: Postillator (n.) One who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse by verse.
Scripturist :: Scripturist (n.) One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them..
Hermeneutically :: Hermeneutically (adv.) According to the principles of interpretation; as, a verse of Scripture was examined hermeneutically..
Unicorn :: Unicorn (n.) A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures..
Traditor :: Traditor (n.) A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives..
Mystify :: Mystify (v. t.) To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture..
Lecture :: Lecture (n.) The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin..
Dittology :: Dittology (n.) A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text..
Vulgate :: Vulgate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, or the old Latin version of the Scriptures..
Context :: Context (n.) The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning..
Faith :: Faith (n.) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith..
Internal :: Internal (a.) Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures..
Mishna :: Mishna (n.) A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud..
Trump :: Trump (n.) A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry..
Skeptical :: Skeptical (a.) Doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred Scriptures..
Prophecy :: Prophecy (n.) Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.
Heterodoxy :: Heterodoxy (n.) An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy..
Anthem :: Anthem (n.) Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music..
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