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noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
noun any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin scrīptūrader. Middle English scripture English scripture From Middle English scripture, from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to…
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