scripturen.

Brit.

/ˈskrɪptʃə/, U.S.

/ˈskrɪp(t)ʃər/

Forms: Middle English schrypture, Middle English scriptour, Middle English scryptour, Middle English skreptour, Middle English skryptour, Middle English–1500s (1800s– regional and nonstandard) scriptur, Middle English–1600s scrypture, Middle English– scripture, 1500s schrypteures (plural), 1500s screpture, 1500s scryptor, 1500s scryptuere, 1500s scryptur, 1500s skriptuer, 1500s skripture, 1500s skrypture, 1500s–1600s scriture, 1600s chripture; regional and nonstandard 1800s scriptur', 1800s– scripter, 1900s– scriptuh (U.S. regional (southern, in African-American usage)); also Scottish pre-1700 schriptour, pre-1700 scripteur, pre-1700 scriptor, pre-1700 scriptour, pre-1700 scriptuir, pre-1700 scriptur. N.E.D. (1911) also records a form Middle English skryptur. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin scrīptūra.

Etymology: < classical Latin scrīptūra activity of writing, written or inscribed characters, manner of writing words, spelling, words, text, expression in writing, written matter, written record, art or process of writing a literary work, composition, author's writings, tax or due, in post-classical Latin also (plural) sacred writings of the Old Testament (Vulgate), sacred writings, the Bible (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), (singular) a passage or quotation from a sacred text (Vulgate), sacred writings, the Bible (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), inscription (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), sacred writings of the Old Testament (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < scrīpt- , past participial stem of scrībere to write (see scribe n.¹) + -ūra -ure suffix¹. Compare later escripture n.Compare Anglo-Norman (rare) scriptur , scripture , Middle French (rare) scripteure (early 14th cent. or earlier), variants of Anglo-Norman escritur , Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French escripture , Old French, Middle French escriture , French écriture (11th cent.). The chief senses of the French noun are: the Bible (11th cent.), a book or other written work regarded as authoritative and reliable (early 12th cent.; second half of the 14th cent. with reference to the sacred writings of a religion other than Christianity or Judaism), inscription (end of the 13th cent. or earlier), characters used in a particular system of writing (early 14th cent.), handwriting (early 14th cent.), activity or occupation of writing (late 14th cent.). Compare also Old Occitan escriptura (a1215; also scriptura (15th cent. in an isolated attestation)), Catalan escriptura (12th cent.), Spanish escritura (mid 13th cent.; 10th cent. as scriptura , late 12th cent. as escriptura ), Portuguese escritura (13th cent.), Italian scrittura (end of the 12th cent.). Specific senses. With holy scripture at sense 1a compare post-classical Latin scriptura sancta (3rd cent.; in the Vulgate with reference to the Old Testament), scriptura divina (3rd cent.), scriptura sacra (4th cent.), Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French sainte escriture , French sainte écriture (11th cent.; also frequently in plural). Uses of post-classical Latin scriptura with reference to holy scripture are after similar Hellenistic Greek uses of ancient Greek γραϕή (also γραϕαί , plural: see graph n.³).

I. Sacred writings, and related senses.

1. Frequently with capital initial. The sacred writings of a religion.

a. The sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible; the Old and New Testaments; the Bible. Also modified by holy.Now especially common in U.S.the devil can cite scripture for his own purpose: see devil n. Phrases 3h.

(a) In singular, without the or other determiner.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [noun]

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c1330 Adam & Eve (Auch.) l. 50 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 139 (MED) Angels fellen adoun..In holy writ we heren it telle..And as we finden in lectrure—Y not wheþer it be in holy scripture—Þo Liȝtbern sat in his se.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 327 For-þi es godd, als sais scripture.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6452 And this ageyns holy scripture.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 60 And to thys manyfold of nature Exaunplys acordyth weel scrypture.

?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) l. 1522 And on þe sonday, he gan rest take, as skryptur declarytt pleyn.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOOi^v The seconde part of contemplacion is, study or redyng of holy scripture.

1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apologie 167 He acknowledgeth the bookes off the Machabees for Scripture.

1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. ii. 54 Scripture is as perfect a rule of Faith as a writing can be.

1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 7 The places of Scripture which testifie our Saviour's grief, sorrow, and fear..do sufficiently convince that there was a sensual will in Christ.

1718 R. Fiddes Theologia Speculativa I. v. iv. 326 The doctrine of purgatory..has no foundation in scripture.

1783 H. Taylor Farther Thoughts on Grand Apostacy 105 It is..the Protestant principle to go to Scripture itself, as the only Rule we have to trust to.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 82 The extreme Puritan..employed, on every occasion, the imagery and style of Scripture.

1887 Congregational Church Hymnal ii. (Editorial Note) Selections from the Book of Psalms, and from other parts of Holy Scripture.

1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath x. 123 Your Pa's pa, he quoted Scripture all the time.

1985 J. Wimber & K. Springer Power Evangelism iii. 53 We worshipped God, studied scripture, sang, and prayed.

2009 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Post 12 Mar. 1 b/2 Over and over we find in Scripture examples of those to whom God gives second chances.

(b) In plural, usually with the.

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a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vi. l. 3 Forsoþe þe epystlis streytnes suffird not lenger þis to ben outstreyd, þat þou miȝtist vnderstonden þee not mown entryn in holy scriptureȝ: with outen aforgoer & schewyng þe stye.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John v. 39 Seke ȝe scripturis [L. scripturas].

c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 41 (MED) The good spirite scholde delite him to rede or to here Holy Writte and note the Scriptures in his mynde.

a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 128 (MED) We haue sought oute the olde scryptures whych God seyde afor thys tyme.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xv. 4 Accordynge to the scriptures [1382 Wyclif vp the scripturis, 1388 after scripturis].

1565 R. Shacklock tr. S. Hozjusz Hatchet of Heresies f. 12^v Christ, whome the Scriptures wytnesse to haue bene incarnat.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 206 The Scriptures are not made Laws, by the Universall Church.

1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts i. ix. 102 The Perfection and Perspicuity of the Holy Scriptures.

1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. I. Ess. p. xxxviii I would teach the knowledge of the scriptures only.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert i, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 7 While many of the converts were turning meekly towards their new creed, some..were limiting the Scriptures by their own devices.

1884 N.Y. Times 23 May 1/3 His [sc. Wycliffe's] work as a patriot and church reformer, a translator, and preacher of the Holy Scriptures.

1946 Jrnl. Philos. 43 559 The battle-ground today is no longer..the reconcilableness of science and holy scriptures.

1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating iii. 46 Some Pentecostals respond..to a passage of the Scriptures by engaging in shouting and dancing.

2013 Economist 23 Nov. 46/1 The glue that underpins such faith is the principle of Biblical inerrancy—a certainty that the Scriptures are infallibly and unchangingly true.

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John vii. 42 Wher the scripture [L. Scriptura] seith not, that of the seed of Dauith, and of the castel of Bethleem, where Dauith was, Crist cometh?

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22168 Queþer þat he be crist or nai, þat þai of here þe scriptur sai.

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 105 (MED) Ensaumple is of Sarra, whom the scripture hathe in gret Recommendation.

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xxxii. 201 The Scripture euery where agreably witnesseth, that the sainctes in heauen are free from greues.

1676 J. Glanvill Ess. v. 24 That there is a God; or, That the Scripture is his Word.

1741 S. Johnson tr. B. Fontenelle Life Morin in Gentleman's Mag. July 377 After his Return [from Mass] he read the Holy Scripture.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert iv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 88 I have..renounced what the Scripture calls the pride of life.

1920 C. H. Pridgeon Is Hell Eternal? xxvi. 260 The Scripture tells us that Adam was created a son of God and that he and his descendants also fell (Luke 3:38; Gen 3:1–6).

2011 Church Times 1 July 24/4 A verse from the scripture and a thought for each day.

b. In singular and plural. The sacred writings of Judaism, comprising the three canonical divisions of the Law or Torah, the Prophets (former and latter), and the Hagiographa or Writings. Also more fully Hebrew Scripture(s).Also (and, in plural use, now usually) with the.

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1510 tr. Dystruccyon of Iherusalem (de Worde) sig. A.iii The saynge of the scryptures of the Iewes.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxx. 566 Their Massoreths..haue made a Register of all the Letters of the Scriptures.

1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 501 The Hebrews dividing the whole Scripture into three parts, viz., The Law, the Prophets, and Hagiographa.

1650 M. Wall tr. Manasseh ben Israel Hope of Israel xxiii. 59 There are many Hamaths mentioned in the Scripture.

1759 M. Pilkington Remarks Script. v. 15 We are not able to ascertain who the Masorites or Traditionists were, that settled the present Standard of the Hebrew Scriptures.

a1763 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs (1764) 270 Conversing with the Jews themselves, going to their synagogues, and hearing the Scriptures read by their chazans or ministers.

1816 J. Allen Mod. Judaism xix. 331 Another essential part of the daily service..is the reading of three portions of scripture.

1874 Jewish Directory 17 Beth Hamedrash... For the study and exposition of the Scriptures and Commentaries and Hebrew Literature generally.

1969 J. Singer tr. I. B. Singer Estate ii. xii. 183 She chanted the Torah, recited the Talmud, uttered chapters of the Scriptures perversely.

1981 R. Mellinkoff Mark of Cain i. 5 The early synagogue..was primarily used for the reading or reciting of Hebrew scripture.

2004 J. Neusner Making God's Word Work i. 28 Many study Scripture, but only rarely do people open the Mishnah.

c. In singular and plural. The sacred writings of a religion other than Christianity or Judaism.

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1542 tr. A. Geuffroy Order Greate Turckes Courte sig. d.v Among theyr scryptures they [sc. the Turckes] haue oure Gospelles whyche they call Ingel: but they take away the passyon, sayinge: that the Iewes added it to mocke the chrystyans.

1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects ii. sig. P4^v A booke writ in the Persian Character, containing their Scripture, and in their owne language, called their Zundavastaw.

1641 R. Baker Apol. Lay-mens Writing in Divinity sig. D9 It is said to be a Tenet among the Turkes, that their Alcoran which is their Scripture; is not to bee Vnderstood by study, but by Illumination.

1734 G. Sale Preliminary Disc. iii. 69 in tr. Koran The Mohammedans..have taken care to have their scriptures translated not only into the Persian tongue, but into several others.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. v. 225 The system..professes to be founded on the authority of the Védas, and appeals for proofs to texts from those Scriptures.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 116 Most men do not know that any nation but the Hebrews have had a scripture.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 22 Feb. 7/3 A seditious letter has been sent from England, written in Gurumukhi, the language of the Sacred Scriptures of the Sikhs.

1945 A. Huxley Let. 5 July (1969) 530 This corresponds exactly to the Hindu attitude and to the views of the Buddha, as expressed in the Pali scriptures.

2016 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Apr. 80/2 Salafism is usually characterized as antipluralist and literalistic in its interpretation of Islam's founding scriptures.

2. Also with capital initial. A passage or quotation from the Bible or another sacred text.

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xii. 10 Wher ȝe han not rad this scripture [L. scripturam], The stoon the which [etc.].

1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 359 If I for my preching be now for to blame, Wherfore seruyth þat scripture þat seith in þis wyse, [etc.].

a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1980) ii. 322 (MED) Þis scripture is wrytyn in euery ȝate of þis cite in tokene þat into þis cite comyth no man ne woman but þe keperys of Goddys comandementis.

1565 W. Allen Def. & Declar. Doctr. Purgatory ii. xvii. f. 283 For which we haue broughte diuerse scriptures, all construed by most learned fathers for that sense.

1607 R. Wilkinson Merchant Royall 1 This whole chapter is a scripture written for women.

1652 S. Henden Key of Scripture-prophecies 71 Also in Matth. 5. and in many other Scriptures, we find the Gospel-righteousness and commands to transcend that of the Law.

1737 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 152/2 A Third Scripture is Acts viii. 38—they went down both into the Water.

1769 J. Gill Body Doctrinal Divinity II. iii. xv. 906 Another scripture brought as a proof of falling from grace, is Heb. x. 26, 29.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 55 I have marked a scripture..that will be useful to us baith.

1883 M. Wolkenberg tr. P. I. Hershon Pentateuch according to Talmud: Genesis (new ed.) 473 The Post-Mishnic Rabbis have taught: In the septennial period when the Son of David will come, this Scripture [sc. Amos 4:7] will be fulfilled in the first year.

1946 J. R. Rice Correction & Discipline of Children 6 This Scripture plainly shows that parents should feel the desperate importance of discipline.

1990 Christian Herald 9 June 7/1 Every Scripture is profitable and God would not have placed it in his Word if it were not going to help us.

2000 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 11 Oct. [They] shared a belief that Islam does not permit domestic violence—not even in the case of a scripture from the Quran—Sura 4:34—that is sometimes cited as a sanction for it.

3. figurative and in extended use.

a. A book, text, statement, etc., regarded as authoritative, influential, or definitely true; spec. a book or text regarded as authoritative in a particular (esp. political) sphere. Cf. Bible n. 2, gospel n. 4, 5.Also without article, esp. in to take (something) as (also for) scripture: to regard (something) as authoritative or definitely true.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth > true as holy writ

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1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 10 Marri not so, that I can strait wai take it for scripture what soever he hath givn his wurd for.

1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 13 Here, Sir, is a canonical book of ministerial scripture; the general epistle to the Americans.

a1794 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1797) VII. 29 His [sc. Homer's] works and those of his successors were the scriptures of the nation.

1836 Times 10 June 4/5 It was their writings [i.e. of those who had watched over the British constitution] which formed the true political scripture.

1867 Ripley (Ohio) Bee 16 Jan. All Democratic scripture was given by political inspiration.

1908 W. Raleigh in W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida Introd. 16 This scripture [sc. Guido's History of Troy] was divulged in England..in two principal versions.

1961 H. Calisher False Entry iii. i. 228 I had been a child, to whom all elders are a single, high sentry mouth from which one takes as scripture the handed-down distinction between the seen and the heard.

1978 K. M. Jensen Beyond Marx & Mach 5 While scarcely noticed at the time, the work [sc. Lenin's Materialism and Empirio-Criticism] would become part of the scripture of Marxism-Leninism.

2000 Washington Post 6 Aug. (Mag. section) NRA members take it as scripture that America was forged by frontiersmen with coonskin hats, powder horns and muskets.

†b. In singular and plural. Chiefly poetic (in extended metaphors). That which is created by God. Obsolete.

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1654 W. Jenkyn Expos. Jude: 2nd Pt. 437 The whole creation is a scripture of God, a book, and the heaven, the earth, the waters are three great leaves; the creatures contained in these are so many lines by all which we may read a Divinity-lecture.

1745 E. Young Consolation 34 This Prospect vast, what is it?.. 'Tis elder Scripture, writ by God's own Hand; Scripture authentic! uncorrupt by Man.

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 267 What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?

4. Also with capital initial. The study of the Bible and Christianity as a school subject.

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1833 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 2 Sept. The Examinations in Scripture and Catechism will take place..on the 14th December.

1852 Huddersfield Chron. & W. Yorks. Advertiser 19 June 5/2 The more advanced scholars were examined in the following subjects:..Scripture, English history, spelling, grammar, arithmetic, and general geography.

1931 ‘G. Trevor’ Murder at School ii. 32 Ellington had to rush away to take a class in scripture.

1977 D. Kossoff You have a Minute, Lord? 45 I went to a trade school,..where poetry was not offered..and ‘Scripture’ was unknown.

1988 E. Schloss & E. J. Kent Eva's Story (1989) i. 16 All Jewish children were separated from the rest of the class during scripture. We had our own religious lessons.

2017 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 Apr. 13 Less than one-third of high school students are enrolled in scripture.

II. Writing, a piece of writing.

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a. A piece of writing; a written document, record, or composition. In plural: writings; written works. Also figurative. Obsolete.Sometimes with allusion to branch I.

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society > communication > record > written record > [noun]

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxviii. 9 The scripture [L. scriptura] of Ezechie, king of Juda.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1186 And ouer his heed ther shynen two figures Of sterres, þ^t been clepyd in Scriptures That oon Puella, that oother Rubeus.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 5799 So now we knowen be that scripture Of these aventures.

c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 229 As for suche as for theise causes haue capitally ben punysshed, might many be founde in the Romaynes scriptures.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iv. 81 What is heere, The Scriptures of the Loyall Leonatus, All turn'd to Heresie?

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. xx. 363 I am not so well read in the scriptures of errantry as your worship.

1824 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 393 But probably before you can sit down to answer this, you will have received another & I flatter myself, more amusing, at least pleasure-giving, Scripture from me.

1845 R. C. Trench Fitness Holy Script. i. 15 Through a Scripture alone, that is, through a written record, could any great epoch..transmit itself unimpaired to the after world.

1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 517 I had made no question of thine eyes or heart, Nor spared to read the scriptures in them writ, Wert thou my son.

b. As a mass noun: written composition, writings; (also) the activity or occupation of writing. by scripture: in writing; by means of writing. Obsolete.

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 2 Chron. xxxvi. 22 Cirus king of persis..comaundide to ben preched to al his rewme also bi scripture [L. scripturam] seiynge, þese thingis seiþ cirus king of persis.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 2626 Thei that writen the scripture Of Grek, Arabe and of Caldee.

?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 632 But fforto tellen alle the circumstaunces..Conveyed by scripture with ffull grete excellence, Alle to declare I have noone eloquence.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 109 (MED) Where now she restyth..I dede lerne..Bothe be scripture and eek be mowthe.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. C.iiij There haue bene many famous and renoumed by scripture and lerning.

1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine i. ii. 34 I will dite an aliquant loue-pistle to her, and then she hearing the grand verbositie of my scripture, will loue me presently.

c. in scripture: in writing; on record. Obsolete. [Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French en escripture (12th cent., e.g. in mettre en escripture).]

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society > communication > record > written record > [adverb]

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c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1039 Vchon in scrypture a name con plye Of Israel barnez, folewande her datez, Þat is to say, as her byrþ-whatez.

?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. iv. l. 382 I haue put it in scripture [L. stilo] and remembraunce.

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 63 (MED) Þou shalt drawe to þe lettryd men to enheye þi louynge, and þy dedys to make ay to laste in scripture.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xliv. 5 They..brought forth the pleasaunt songes in scripture.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 125 (MED) The Secretorye should put it in scrypture.

c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. vii. 109 It shall never be chronicled nor remayne in scripture,..that Ireland was lost by my negligence.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. xii. 21 It is found in Scripture of the Spartians, and the Jewes that they are bretheren.

6. Written characters; handwriting; penmanship. Also: writing in a particular script or alphabet. Now rare.

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society > communication > writing > written text > [noun]

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a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) l. 516 (MED) Þeryn þer was in Letture Letters of siluer, feire scripture.

1426 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. p. xxi Symkyn hathe had the hole scripture rased of a chartre undre the seal of armez of my lord of York.

?c1450 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 86 This present book legeble in scripture, Here in this place thus tacched with a cheyn.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezra iv. 7 The scripture of y^e letter was wrytten in the Syrians speach.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus 182 In fine scriptour, I saw it writtin new [V]pon his breist his name hecht Disperance.

1652 Ripley's Compend of Alchemy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 186 By Fygures, and by Colors, and by Scrypture playne.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. xii. 261 The handwriting was of that form of scripture which attracts; refined yet energetic; full of character.

1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. lviii. 295 The wooden blocks of Germany abolished the art of scripture.

1977 D. Walcott tr. J. Brodsky in J. Brodsky Part of Speech (1980) 132 Against it [sc. the Wall] man's figure is ugly and stiff as a frightening hieroglyph, as any illegible scripture at which one stares.

2002 M. J. Panicker Person of Jesus Christ i. 37 A carefully done manuscript..[presenting] a clear legible scripture without any mutilation, written by one scribe alone in a West Syrian script.

†7. A phrase or motto inscribed on an object, scroll, etc.; an inscription. Also as a mass noun: inscribed words. Obsolete.

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society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun]

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inscriptiona1552

epigram1552

inscriptor1603

inscript1611

epigraph1624

scribings1870

wording1908

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1546 When hit þe scrypture hade scraped wyth a strof [read scrof] penne.

1420 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 298 As touching þe scripture of þe seeles, vs semeth þat þis worde Regent may be owte wel ynogh.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 7610 In hys hand holdyng a scrypture Wych wrytyn was wyth lettrys of gold.

a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 123 On the balle was this scripture written, he that shall pleye with me, [etc.].

1533 J. Coke in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 44 With a scripture over her head, saiyng that Love was lighter then a fether.

1540 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 98 For my grave a picture of latten..with scriptur about it and the iiij evangelistes.

1664 Floddan Field iv. 32 A certain scrall, whose scripture said, Jack of Norfolk be not too bold.

1771 E. Ledwich Antiquitates Sarisburienses 199 Three fair basons,..with a Scripture, Orate pro anima Will. Normanton.

1900 W. H. St. J. Hope in Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. 15 296 A scroll with this scripture..Benedicite fontes Domino.

Compounds

Most of these compounds also occur with the first element in the form Scripture, with capital initial.

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(a) General attributive (in sense 1).Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately at Compounds 1a(b).

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1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse Ded. 2 I am slenderly knowledged in Scripture matters.

1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Cv^v Of these tussocks that are layd out now a dayes, there is no mencyon made in scriptures, because they were not vsed in scripture time.

1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse 81 By reason of the darknesse of their understandings, and the want of Scripture-light.

1652 W. Jenkyn Expos. Jude: 1st Pt. iv. 287 We must not rifle the cabinet of the secret decree, yet neither bushel the candle of Scripture-discovery.

1736 Gentleman's Mag. June 345/1 The World assails thee with ambition, wield Thy scripture-sword.

1782 W. Cowper Retirement in Poems 293 Strong judgment lab'ring in the scripture mine.

1797 J. Toulmin Let. to W. Wilberforce p. xvi in Injustice of Classing Unitarians with Deists & Infidels The most eminent Unitarians have been close Scripture Students.

1826 W. E. Andrews Exam. Fox's Cal. Protestant Saints 253 His list of heterogeneous fanatics and scripture-diviners.

1921 Catholic Educ. Assoc. Bull. Nov. 500 The aim of our Scripture course..should be..to impart to our young clerics a thorough and first-hand acquaintance with the Bible.

2000 A. Hastings in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 113/1 The very diversity of the gospels..has often exasperated scripture scholars and theologians.

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scripture knowledge n.

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1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. 597 Scripture knowledge wee thinke is for Church-men, & those that haue little else to doe.

1810 Missionary Mag. 15 Jan. 41 Though very deficient in scripture knowledge, they are now beginning to search the scriptures and examine for themselves.

2004 T. Pomp Greatest Measure iv. 52 My Sunday suit did not help, and my scripture knowledge did not impress Him.

scripture lesson n.

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a1637 W. Rushworth Dialogues (1640) iii. 389 We haue scripture lessons, which diue into the deepe sense of the written word of God without farther application.

1867 W. L. Collins Public Schools 56 There is a Scripture or Greek Testament lesson at 4.

1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 128 Sermons have loosened up, often filled with more practical advice than Scripture lessons.

scripture study n.

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1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. 597 If for any men, Scripture-studie and knowledge bee necessary, [etc.].

1841 Bristol Mercury 2 Jan. 5/2 Scripture study is made a pleasant exercise.

2014 N. R. W. Eastman Women, Leadership, & Bible ii. 14 As people who believe that God's Word should be our foremost guide for life, it would make sense that Scripture study should form the central basis for a decision.

(a) attributive, with reference to passages, quotations, phrases, etc., from scripture, or to the style or meaning of these.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately at Compounds 1b(b).

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1590 S. Butterfield Princ. True Christian Relig. sig. D8 Our brother (in the scripture phrase) is he, that is a Christian.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 369 The last clause, ‘Thou wilt not despise’, is to be obserued also, as being such which, in Scripture-speaking, betokeneth more then is expressed.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §948 There are vsed also Scripture-Words.

1640 Whole Bk. Psalmes: ‘Bay Psalm Bk.’ (title page) The necessity of the heavenly Ordinance of singing Scripture Psalmes in the Churches of God.

1686 G. Hickes Speculum Beatæ Virginis 30 S. Ignatius..mentions her by the name of plain Mary in the Scripture-stile.

1764 H. Walpole Let. 16 Apr. in Corr. with G. Montagu (1941) II. 140 I shall irritate my neighbours (I don't mean those at next door, but in the scripture-sense of neighbour, anybody).

1785 A. Pirie (title) Critical and practical observations, on scripture-texts.

1851 E. B. Pusey Let. to Bp. London (ed. 3) 127/1 That wide-opened Hand, trickling (in Scripture-words) with ‘the Blood of God’.

1864 J. H. Gurney Four Eccl. Biogr. 302 His own sermons [were] short expositions generally of the Scripture portion for the day.

1906 New Internat. Encycl. III. 24/2 The determination of Scripture meaning devolved upon the individual student of Scripture.

2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 25 May a24 Peter was known for..amplifying the point with an apt Scripture quotation.

(b)

scripture expression n.

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1641 J. Goodwin Christians Engagem. for Gospell 258 It is a mans wisedome (as the Scripture expression is) to doe it.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 392 [Paraphrasing Johnson:] A scripture expression may be used, like a highly classical phrase, to produce an instantaneous strong impression.

2011 Singing Hearts & Dancing Feet in JesusOnlyApostolicFaithGroup (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Dec. Dancing in the Spirit is not used in the scripture, but dancing before the Lord is a scripture expression.

scripture language n.

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1592 H. Broughton Apol. in Briefe Assertions sig. K4 This for Chaldeans, being not a dead Horse, but in Scripture language, dead Dogges.

1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. i. iii. 35 A good and a bad Principle, (called in Scripture-Language the Flesh and the Spirit).

1990 Daily Herald (Chicago) 3 Nov. ii. 7/5 Reading aloud the King James version of the Bible to their eight children, Taylor discovered the meaning of the Scripture language had eluded them.

scripture passage n.

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1643 J. Goodwin Os Ossorianvm ii. 13 (title of chapter) The first Encounter of the Author of the Grand Rebellion against the Anti-cavalier, about that Scripture passage, 1 Pet 2. 13 Examined.

1780 J. Mainwaring Serm. Several Occas. p. xxv Some divines delight to sadden and solemnify their sermons with Scripture passages.

2007 A. L. Pitstick Light in Darkness iii. 49 One final Scripture passage requires more extended individual consideration at this point, namely, 1 Peter 3:18–4:6.

scripture phrase n.

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1590 S. Butterfield Princ. True Christian Relig. sig. D8 Our brother (in the scripture phrase) is he, that is a Christian.

1837 ‘Nimrod’ Chace, Turf, & Road iii. 278 The Scripture phrase..is now every day verified, the race not being to the swift.

2013 Day (New London, Connecticut) (Nexis) 16 Jan. The..doughnut chain..started printing scripture phrases on its coffee cups.

scripture verse n.

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1653 W. Erbery Bishop of London 3 Studied Petitions, larded with whole Scripture-verses together.

1859 Connecticut Common School Jrnl. Apr. 128 Each exercise consists of..Scripture verses to be read alternately by teacher and pupils.

2010 Church Times 26 Mar. 21/2 Repeating well-loved scripture verses is of the enormous value to a largely Sunday-school generation.

c. attributive, with the sense ‘recorded or described in scripture’ as scripture account, scripture history, scripture miracle, scripture story, etc.

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1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 71^v A kinde of Enterlude, compiled in Cornish out of some scripture history.

1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 12 The Prayers of the greatest and most illuminated Scripture-Saints are rather frequent.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 142. ⁋2 The great and venerable Simplicity of the Scripture Stories.

a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 195 The Scripture Accounts of these things are short.

1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 284 This seems to be the true light, in which the evidence arising from the scripture-miracles ought to be placed.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iii. 62 Scenes taken from scripture history.

1905 H. G. Guinness Hist. unveiling Prophecy viii. 186 The Apocalypse, as the gift of the ascended Saviour, and the last great Scripture prophecy, held a place of preeminence.

2006 J. Christ Journeying with Luke 5 The story of Adam and Eve is probably one of the first scripture stories that you learned as a child.

d. attributive, with the sense ‘prescribed by or in accordance with scripture’, ‘based on or derived from scripture’, as scripture authority, scripture doctrine, scripture rule, etc.Sometimes approaching the status of an adjective, corresponding to scriptural adj. 1.See also scripture proof n. and adj. (a) at Compounds 3.

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1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed 353 For in this particular the Scripture-notion of priority excludeth an antecedent, but inferreth not a consequent.

1672 J. Owen Disc. Evangelical Love 68 The sentence of Natural Reason, or Scripture-Rule.

1712 S. Clarke (title) The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity.

1791 Fash. World 216 From a scripture view of what real religion is.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. vi. 128 The bits o' stane idols were broken in pieces by Scripture warrant.

1834 Tracts for Times No. 24 (title of essay) The Scripture View of the Apostolic Commission.

1834 Tracts for Times No. 22. 7 To try this Athanasian Creed by Scripture rules.

1970 J. H. Tietjen Let. 30 Apr. in A. C. Piepkorn Sacred Script. & Lutheran Confessions (2007) 59 Ressmeyer has asked me to concentrate on how Scripture authority is used. He is looking for a positive position on Scripture as source and norm of faith and life.

2014 P. Helm Faith, Form, & Fashion vii. 203 The Scripture doctrine of the Trinity is called into question by non-Trinitarians and others.

C2. Objective with agent nouns, verbal nouns, and participles, as scripture-preacher, scripture-searcher; scripture-learning, scripture-quoting, etc.See also scripture reader n., scripture reading n. and adj. at Compounds 3.

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1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 58 Bold blasphemies and Scripture-scorning ironies against God.

1658 M. Poole Quo Warranto ix. 115 The maintenance is not due onely to such as are office-wise related to those to whom they preach, but to all Scripture-Preachers.

1677 F. Bampfield All in One 4 Word-Study and Scripture-Learning would make Art short and Life long.

1705 J. Edwards Preacher 147 It is necessary that our Preaching be Scripture-Preaching.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 360 The scripture-slighting Will-worship of the Romish Church.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxxi. 279 [In women-convict ships] there was not a single Scripture-quoter, such as we find..in men-ships.

1844 Ld. Leigh Walks in Country 129 The humble scripture-searcher prays for grace.

1859 A. Edersheim tr. J. H. Kurtz Hist. Old Covenant I. 190 It would imply two different modes of Scripture teaching and interpretation.

1995 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 18 June j4/2 This wonderful tale of snake-handling, tongues-talking, scripture-quoting ecstatics of Appalachia.

2011 Private Eye 27 May 8/3 Sometime scripture teacher John Pugh.

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scripture cake n. chiefly North American a cake made from ingredients mentioned in the Bible, esp. such a cake having a recipe in the form of a riddle or puzzle that specifies biblical passages (instead of ingredients) in which the names of the requisite ingredients may be found.Scripture cakes are typically flavoured with honey, figs, and spices.

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1891 N.Y. Times 5 Sept. One of the exhibits was what is known as Scripture cake.

1906 Everyday Housek. Apr. 671/1 Scripture Cake..1st Kings, 4-22, 4 1-2 cups; Judges, 5- 25, (last clause), 1 cup; Jeremiah, 6, 20, 2 cups [etc.].

1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Feb. 128/2 There is one very curious recipe for a Scripture cake, which demands reference to twelve Biblical texts.

1989 W. A. MacIntosh Wind bloweth where it Listeth v. 178 Besides selling ordinary cake, coffee and candy, they sold slices of scripture cake.

2004 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Electronic ed.) 13 Jan. g6 Scripture Cake... 3/4 cup (180 mL) Genesis 18:8.

† scripture church n. Obsolete a church as described in or defined by scripture; spec. any of the seven churches of Revelation 1–3.

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1644 W. Rathband Briefe Narr. Church Courses iii. 11 (margin) The pattern of Scripture Churches is forsaken, which ever describes the members of each Church by the place of their cohabitation.

1653 T. Blake Vindiciæ Foederis 225 We finde seven several Epistles written from heaven to seven several Churches, all which had their abode at the place whence the church bore its name; these are Scripture-Churches.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. To Rdr. p. xiv The Apostolical Order of the Church of England (as succeeding the spotless Scripture-Church of the Primitive Christian Smyrna).

1785 View Controv. Pagans, Mahometans, Jews, & Christians 203 These scripture churches had all the full power of discipline and jurisdiction within themselves..and were congregational churches, independent on each other.

† Scripture-Janus n. Obsolete rare a person who is hypocritically pious, quoting scripture but lacking charity or inner devotion.

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1715 W. Pittis Some Mem. Life J. Radcliffe 53 I cannot be induc'd to love a Scripture-Janus, such as is the Arch-Bishop of Glascow.

scripture name n. a personal name used in scripture; a biblical name.

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1603 G. Estey Certaine Godly & Learned Expos. ii. f. 125 The most of scripture names are significatiue, implying some good thing.

1713 R. Steele in Guardian 12 Aug. 2/2 When thou art converted, thou must take to thee a Scripture-Name.

1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island iv. 24 Miss Jones..called her twins Tiglath-Pileser and Shalmaneser—Scriptur' names both, but I never liked 'em.

1995 Burlington (N. Carolina) Times-News 7 Jan. d6/4 [Their] parents gave them Biblical names with the hope that they would regard their scripture names: Rebecca, Esther, Joseph, Samuel, Martha and Mary.

scripture proof n. and adj. (a) n. scriptural text serving to support a particular doctrine, practice, etc. (now rare); †(b) adj. (with hyphen) that is impervious to error, as a result of being based on scripture (obsolete).

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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [adjective] > warranted by

scripture proof1588

scriptured1606

1588 G. D. Briefe Discouerie Dr. Allens Seditious Drifts 10 (margin) His prophane handling, & neglect of Scripture proofe, is a great argument either of weakenes in his cause, or hypocrisy in himselfe, or of both.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 Cor. ii. 5) 61 Our whole preaching must be Scripture-proof, or it will burn, and none be the better for it.

1651 R. Baxter (title) Plain Scripture proof of infants church-membership and baptism.

1713 J. Lacy Gen. Delusion Christians iv. 436 I..pray you to explain, whether ye intend by it [sc. your Rule] to encourage a Wild Enthusiasm, or only to withstand one, that is true, and Scripture-Proof?

1796 N. Strong Doctr. Eternal Misery i. 45 Doctor Chauncey..takes almost the whole of his scripture proof from the writings of Paul.

1898 J. H. de Vries tr. A. Kuyper Encycl. Sacred Theol. iii. iii. 565 Scripture-proof seemed to them to be presented only by the quotation of some Bible verse that literally and fully expressed the given assertion.

1973 L. J. Wood Bible & Future Events v. 95 What scripture proof may be cited that saints on earth during the tribulation period will experience severe suffering?

† scripture-read adj. Obsolete rare knowledgeable about or well read in scripture; cf. scripture-learned adj.

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1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd x, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 264 His pore mother, not being a Scripture-read woman, made a mistake at his christening.

1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 144 Great scripture-read scholars.

scripture reading n. and adj. (a) n. the action of reading scripture; (also, as a count noun) a passage of scripture to be read; (b) adj. that reads scripture regularly; pious, religious.

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1602 R. Parsons Warn-word sig. Mm7 Scripture Reading in vulgar tongues hath byn occasion of ruine to many of the simpler sort.

1662 J. Barbon Λειτουργία Θειοτέρα Ἐργία 57 The matter thereof [i.e. of the liturgy] consisting of..Scripture-Readings in a known tongue.

1825 J. A. Jones Refugee I. xi. 229 You look to be a scripture-reading man by the length of your phiz.

1920 R. Cluett (title) Every morning: scripture readings and prayers for family or individual worship.

2000 Afr. Amer. Rev. 34 127/1 The preacher's adulteries scandalize the Scripture-reading congregation of Zion Hope.

2006 New Mexico Mag. Sept. 40 (advt.) Taizé style worship is deeply contemplative and includes scripture reading, silence, brief prayers and meditative singing.

scripture-wort n. [probably after scientific Latin Graphis, genus name (1810 or earlier) < ancient Greek γραϕίς stylus, writing tool] now rare any of several crust-forming lichens of the genus Graphis or (more widely) the family Graphidaceae; a script lichen.

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the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > other lichens

cup-moss1597

ground liverwort1597

Usnea1597

perelle1712

oak moss1728

necklace moss1759

rag1759

thrush-lichen1759

Iceland lichen1777

Iceland moss1785

map lichen1796

scripture-wort1835

letter lichen1846

dog lichen1853

fairy cups1855

velvet moss1858

manna lichen1864

tree-hair1866

famine-bread1887

old man's beard1888

sea ivory1966

1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. I. 155 Graphideaceæ, the second type of the Cetrarinæ, to which Graphis (the scripture-wort..), gives name.

1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 245 Graphideaceæ..in allusion to the resemblance of the apothecia..to ancient hieroglyphics or written characters. For the same reason the Graphideæ are popularly designated ‘Letter Lichens’ or ‘Scripture-worts’.

1902 J. A. Owen & G. S. Boulger Country Month by Month (new ed.) xi. 444 The marvellous hieroglyphics of one of the species of Graphis..well merit the names of ‘letter lichens’ or ‘scripture-worts’.

1955 H. Bastin Plants without Flowers iv. 45 Among the most interesting are the ‘letter-worts’ or ‘scripture-worts’. One ‘writing-lichen’ is fairly common.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scripture
释义	scripturen. Brit. /ˈskrɪptʃə/, U.S. /ˈskrɪp(t)ʃər/ Forms: Middle English schrypture, Middle English scriptour, Middle English scryptour, Middle English skreptour, Middle English skryptour, Middle English–1500s (1800s– regional and nonstandard) scriptur, Middle English–1600s scrypture, Middle English– scripture, 1500s schrypteures (plural), 1500s screpture, 1500s scryptor, 1500s scryptuere, 1500s scryptur, 1500s skriptuer, 1500s skripture, 1500s skrypture, 1500s–1600s scriture, 1600s chripture; regional and nonstandard 1800s scriptur', 1800s– scripter, 1900s– scriptuh (U.S. regional (southern, in African-American usage)); also Scottish pre-1700 schriptour, pre-1700 scripteur, pre-1700 scriptor, pre-1700 scriptour, pre-1700 scriptuir, pre-1700 scriptur. N.E.D. (1911) also records a form Middle English skryptur. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin scrīptūra. Etymology: < classical Latin scrīptūra activity of writing, written or inscribed characters, manner of writing words, spelling, words, text, expression in writing, written matter, written record, art or process of writing a literary work, composition, author's writings, tax or due, in post-classical Latin also (plural) sacred writings of the Old Testament (Vulgate), sacred writings, the Bible (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), (singular) a passage or quotation from a sacred text (Vulgate), sacred writings, the Bible (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), inscription (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), sacred writings of the Old Testament (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < scrīpt- , past participial stem of scrībere to write (see scribe n.¹) + -ūra -ure suffix¹. Compare later escripture n.Compare Anglo-Norman (rare) scriptur , scripture , Middle French (rare) scripteure (early 14th cent. or earlier), variants of Anglo-Norman escritur , Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French escripture , Old French, Middle French escriture , French écriture (11th cent.). The chief senses of the French noun are: the Bible (11th cent.), a book or other written work regarded as authoritative and reliable (early 12th cent.; second half of the 14th cent. with reference to the sacred writings of a religion other than Christianity or Judaism), inscription (end of the 13th cent. or earlier), characters used in a particular system of writing (early 14th cent.), handwriting (early 14th cent.), activity or occupation of writing (late 14th cent.). Compare also Old Occitan escriptura (a1215; also scriptura (15th cent. in an isolated attestation)), Catalan escriptura (12th cent.), Spanish escritura (mid 13th cent.; 10th cent. as scriptura , late 12th cent. as escriptura ), Portuguese escritura (13th cent.), Italian scrittura (end of the 12th cent.). Specific senses. With holy scripture at sense 1a compare post-classical Latin scriptura sancta (3rd cent.; in the Vulgate with reference to the Old Testament), scriptura divina (3rd cent.), scriptura sacra (4th cent.), Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French sainte escriture , French sainte écriture (11th cent.; also frequently in plural). Uses of post-classical Latin scriptura with reference to holy scripture are after similar Hellenistic Greek uses of ancient Greek γραϕή (also γραϕαί , plural: see graph n.³). I. Sacred writings, and related senses. 1. Frequently with capital initial. The sacred writings of a religion. a. The sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible; the Old and New Testaments; the Bible. Also modified by holy.Now especially common in U.S.the devil can cite scripture for his own purpose: see devil n. Phrases 3h. (a) In singular, without the or other determiner. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [noun] Holy Writc900 writeOE God's bookOE writOE bookOE Biblea1300 holy lettrurec1330 scripturec1330 the (sacred or holy) writings1340 gospel1393 worda1425 escripture1489 Holy Write1508 theologya1513 the written word1533 Book of God1548 oracle1548 hand biblea1680 good book1740 sacred book1782 the sacred volume1850 bibliotheca1879 Kitab1885 c1330 Adam & Eve (Auch.) l. 50 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 139 (MED) Angels fellen adoun..In holy writ we heren it telle..And as we finden in lectrure—Y not wheþer it be in holy scripture—Þo Liȝtbern sat in his se. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 327 For-þi es godd, als sais scripture. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6452 And this ageyns holy scripture. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 60 And to thys manyfold of nature Exaunplys acordyth weel scrypture. ?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) l. 1522 And on þe sonday, he gan rest take, as skryptur declarytt pleyn. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOOi^v The seconde part of contemplacion is, study or redyng of holy scripture. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apologie 167 He acknowledgeth the bookes off the Machabees for Scripture. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. ii. 54 Scripture is as perfect a rule of Faith as a writing can be. 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 7 The places of Scripture which testifie our Saviour's grief, sorrow, and fear..do sufficiently convince that there was a sensual will in Christ. 1718 R. Fiddes Theologia Speculativa I. v. iv. 326 The doctrine of purgatory..has no foundation in scripture. 1783 H. Taylor Farther Thoughts on Grand Apostacy 105 It is..the Protestant principle to go to Scripture itself, as the only Rule we have to trust to. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 82 The extreme Puritan..employed, on every occasion, the imagery and style of Scripture. 1887 Congregational Church Hymnal ii. (Editorial Note) Selections from the Book of Psalms, and from other parts of Holy Scripture. 1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath x. 123 Your Pa's pa, he quoted Scripture all the time. 1985 J. Wimber & K. Springer Power Evangelism iii. 53 We worshipped God, studied scripture, sang, and prayed. 2009 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Post 12 Mar. 1 b/2 Over and over we find in Scripture examples of those to whom God gives second chances. (b) In plural, usually with the. ΚΠ a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) vi. l. 3 Forsoþe þe epystlis streytnes suffird not lenger þis to ben outstreyd, þat þou miȝtist vnderstonden þee not mown entryn in holy scriptureȝ: with outen aforgoer & schewyng þe stye. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John v. 39 Seke ȝe scripturis [L. scripturas]. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 41 (MED) The good spirite scholde delite him to rede or to here Holy Writte and note the Scriptures in his mynde. a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 128 (MED) We haue sought oute the olde scryptures whych God seyde afor thys tyme. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xv. 4 Accordynge to the scriptures [1382 Wyclif vp the scripturis, 1388 after scripturis]. 1565 R. Shacklock tr. S. Hozjusz Hatchet of Heresies f. 12^v Christ, whome the Scriptures wytnesse to haue bene incarnat. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxiii. 206 The Scriptures are not made Laws, by the Universall Church. 1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts i. ix. 102 The Perfection and Perspicuity of the Holy Scriptures. 1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. I. Ess. p. xxxviii I would teach the knowledge of the scriptures only. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert i, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 7 While many of the converts were turning meekly towards their new creed, some..were limiting the Scriptures by their own devices. 1884 N.Y. Times 23 May 1/3 His [sc. Wycliffe's] work as a patriot and church reformer, a translator, and preacher of the Holy Scriptures. 1946 Jrnl. Philos. 43 559 The battle-ground today is no longer..the reconcilableness of science and holy scriptures. 1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating iii. 46 Some Pentecostals respond..to a passage of the Scriptures by engaging in shouting and dancing. 2013 Economist 23 Nov. 46/1 The glue that underpins such faith is the principle of Biblical inerrancy—a certainty that the Scriptures are infallibly and unchangingly true. (c) In singular, with the. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John vii. 42 Wher the scripture [L. Scriptura] seith not, that of the seed of Dauith, and of the castel of Bethleem, where Dauith was, Crist cometh? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22168 Queþer þat he be crist or nai, þat þai of here þe scriptur sai. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 105 (MED) Ensaumple is of Sarra, whom the scripture hathe in gret Recommendation. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xxxii. 201 The Scripture euery where agreably witnesseth, that the sainctes in heauen are free from greues. 1676 J. Glanvill Ess. v. 24 That there is a God; or, That the Scripture is his Word. 1741 S. Johnson tr. B. Fontenelle Life Morin in Gentleman's Mag. July 377 After his Return [from Mass] he read the Holy Scripture. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert iv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 88 I have..renounced what the Scripture calls the pride of life. 1920 C. H. Pridgeon Is Hell Eternal? xxvi. 260 The Scripture tells us that Adam was created a son of God and that he and his descendants also fell (Luke 3:38; Gen 3:1–6). 2011 Church Times 1 July 24/4 A verse from the scripture and a thought for each day. b. In singular and plural. The sacred writings of Judaism, comprising the three canonical divisions of the Law or Torah, the Prophets (former and latter), and the Hagiographa or Writings. Also more fully Hebrew Scripture(s).Also (and, in plural use, now usually) with the. ΚΠ 1510 tr. Dystruccyon of Iherusalem (de Worde) sig. A.iii The saynge of the scryptures of the Iewes. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxx. 566 Their Massoreths..haue made a Register of all the Letters of the Scriptures. 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 501 The Hebrews dividing the whole Scripture into three parts, viz., The Law, the Prophets, and Hagiographa. 1650 M. Wall tr. Manasseh ben Israel Hope of Israel xxiii. 59 There are many Hamaths mentioned in the Scripture. 1759 M. Pilkington Remarks Script. v. 15 We are not able to ascertain who the Masorites or Traditionists were, that settled the present Standard of the Hebrew Scriptures. a1763 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs (1764) 270 Conversing with the Jews themselves, going to their synagogues, and hearing the Scriptures read by their chazans or ministers. 1816 J. Allen Mod. Judaism xix. 331 Another essential part of the daily service..is the reading of three portions of scripture. 1874 Jewish Directory 17 Beth Hamedrash... For the study and exposition of the Scriptures and Commentaries and Hebrew Literature generally. 1969 J. Singer tr. I. B. Singer Estate ii. xii. 183 She chanted the Torah, recited the Talmud, uttered chapters of the Scriptures perversely. 1981 R. Mellinkoff Mark of Cain i. 5 The early synagogue..was primarily used for the reading or reciting of Hebrew scripture. 2004 J. Neusner Making God's Word Work i. 28 Many study Scripture, but only rarely do people open the Mishnah. c. In singular and plural. The sacred writings of a religion other than Christianity or Judaism. ΚΠ 1542 tr. A. Geuffroy Order Greate Turckes Courte sig. d.v Among theyr scryptures they [sc. the Turckes] haue oure Gospelles whyche they call Ingel: but they take away the passyon, sayinge: that the Iewes added it to mocke the chrystyans. 1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects ii. sig. P4^v A booke writ in the Persian Character, containing their Scripture, and in their owne language, called their Zundavastaw. 1641 R. Baker Apol. Lay-mens Writing in Divinity sig. D9 It is said to be a Tenet among the Turkes, that their Alcoran which is their Scripture; is not to bee Vnderstood by study, but by Illumination. 1734 G. Sale Preliminary Disc. iii. 69 in tr. Koran The Mohammedans..have taken care to have their scriptures translated not only into the Persian tongue, but into several others. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. v. 225 The system..professes to be founded on the authority of the Védas, and appeals for proofs to texts from those Scriptures. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 116 Most men do not know that any nation but the Hebrews have had a scripture. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 22 Feb. 7/3 A seditious letter has been sent from England, written in Gurumukhi, the language of the Sacred Scriptures of the Sikhs. 1945 A. Huxley Let. 5 July (1969) 530 This corresponds exactly to the Hindu attitude and to the views of the Buddha, as expressed in the Pali scriptures. 2016 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Apr. 80/2 Salafism is usually characterized as antipluralist and literalistic in its interpretation of Islam's founding scriptures. 2. Also with capital initial. A passage or quotation from the Bible or another sacred text. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] > passage writeOE steadc1175 text1377 scripturec1384 parcela1398 verse1560 versicle1737 verset1861 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xii. 10 Wher ȝe han not rad this scripture [L. scripturam], The stoon the which [etc.]. 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Norbert (1977) l. 359 If I for my preching be now for to blame, Wherfore seruyth þat scripture þat seith in þis wyse, [etc.]. a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1980) ii. 322 (MED) Þis scripture is wrytyn in euery ȝate of þis cite in tokene þat into þis cite comyth no man ne woman but þe keperys of Goddys comandementis. 1565 W. Allen Def. & Declar. Doctr. Purgatory ii. xvii. f. 283 For which we haue broughte diuerse scriptures, all construed by most learned fathers for that sense. 1607 R. Wilkinson Merchant Royall 1 This whole chapter is a scripture written for women. 1652 S. Henden Key of Scripture-prophecies 71 Also in Matth. 5. and in many other Scriptures, we find the Gospel-righteousness and commands to transcend that of the Law. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 152/2 A Third Scripture is Acts viii. 38—they went down both into the Water. 1769 J. Gill Body Doctrinal Divinity II. iii. xv. 906 Another scripture brought as a proof of falling from grace, is Heb. x. 26, 29. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 55 I have marked a scripture..that will be useful to us baith. 1883 M. Wolkenberg tr. P. I. Hershon Pentateuch according to Talmud: Genesis (new ed.) 473 The Post-Mishnic Rabbis have taught: In the septennial period when the Son of David will come, this Scripture [sc. Amos 4:7] will be fulfilled in the first year. 1946 J. R. Rice Correction & Discipline of Children 6 This Scripture plainly shows that parents should feel the desperate importance of discipline. 1990 Christian Herald 9 June 7/1 Every Scripture is profitable and God would not have placed it in his Word if it were not going to help us. 2000 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 11 Oct. [They] shared a belief that Islam does not permit domestic violence—not even in the case of a scripture from the Quran—Sura 4:34—that is sometimes cited as a sanction for it. 3. figurative and in extended use. a. A book, text, statement, etc., regarded as authoritative, influential, or definitely true; spec. a book or text regarded as authoritative in a particular (esp. political) sphere. Cf. Bible n. 2, gospel n. 4, 5.Also without article, esp. in to take (something) as (also for) scripture: to regard (something) as authoritative or definitely true. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth > true as holy writ gospela1250 scripture1573 evangel1604 gospel-truth1833 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 10 Marri not so, that I can strait wai take it for scripture what soever he hath givn his wurd for. 1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 13 Here, Sir, is a canonical book of ministerial scripture; the general epistle to the Americans. a1794 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1797) VII. 29 His [sc. Homer's] works and those of his successors were the scriptures of the nation. 1836 Times 10 June 4/5 It was their writings [i.e. of those who had watched over the British constitution] which formed the true political scripture. 1867 Ripley (Ohio) Bee 16 Jan. All Democratic scripture was given by political inspiration. 1908 W. Raleigh in W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida Introd. 16 This scripture [sc. Guido's History of Troy] was divulged in England..in two principal versions. 1961 H. Calisher False Entry iii. i. 228 I had been a child, to whom all elders are a single, high sentry mouth from which one takes as scripture the handed-down distinction between the seen and the heard. 1978 K. M. Jensen Beyond Marx & Mach 5 While scarcely noticed at the time, the work [sc. Lenin's Materialism and Empirio-Criticism] would become part of the scripture of Marxism-Leninism. 2000 Washington Post 6 Aug. (Mag. section) NRA members take it as scripture that America was forged by frontiersmen with coonskin hats, powder horns and muskets. †b. In singular and plural. Chiefly poetic (in extended metaphors). That which is created by God. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1654 W. Jenkyn Expos. Jude: 2nd Pt. 437 The whole creation is a scripture of God, a book, and the heaven, the earth, the waters are three great leaves; the creatures contained in these are so many lines by all which we may read a Divinity-lecture. 1745 E. Young Consolation 34 This Prospect vast, what is it?.. 'Tis elder Scripture, writ by God's own Hand; Scripture authentic! uncorrupt by Man. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 267 What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies? 4. Also with capital initial. The study of the Bible and Christianity as a school subject. ΚΠ 1833 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 2 Sept. The Examinations in Scripture and Catechism will take place..on the 14th December. 1852 Huddersfield Chron. & W. Yorks. Advertiser 19 June 5/2 The more advanced scholars were examined in the following subjects:..Scripture, English history, spelling, grammar, arithmetic, and general geography. 1931 ‘G. Trevor’ Murder at School ii. 32 Ellington had to rush away to take a class in scripture. 1977 D. Kossoff You have a Minute, Lord? 45 I went to a trade school,..where poetry was not offered..and ‘Scripture’ was unknown. 1988 E. Schloss & E. J. Kent Eva's Story (1989) i. 16 All Jewish children were separated from the rest of the class during scripture. We had our own religious lessons. 2017 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 Apr. 13 Less than one-third of high school students are enrolled in scripture. II. Writing, a piece of writing. †5. a. A piece of writing; a written document, record, or composition. In plural: writings; written works. Also figurative. Obsolete.Sometimes with allusion to branch I. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [noun] bookeOE writlOE rolla1325 conscriptiona1382 lettersa1382 scripturea1382 monument1405 write1483 pancart1577 panchart1587 anagraphy1606 notitia1738 society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] writing1340 scripturea1382 scripturea1382 scrowsa1513 stuff1542 the republic of letters1677 belles-lettres1710 literature1711 the Muses1838 lit.1850 letters1916 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxviii. 9 The scripture [L. scriptura] of Ezechie, king of Juda. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1186 And ouer his heed ther shynen two figures Of sterres, þ^t been clepyd in Scriptures That oon Puella, that oother Rubeus. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 5799 So now we knowen be that scripture Of these aventures. c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 229 As for suche as for theise causes haue capitally ben punysshed, might many be founde in the Romaynes scriptures. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iv. 81 What is heere, The Scriptures of the Loyall Leonatus, All turn'd to Heresie? View more context for this quotation 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. xx. 363 I am not so well read in the scriptures of errantry as your worship. 1824 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 393 But probably before you can sit down to answer this, you will have received another & I flatter myself, more amusing, at least pleasure-giving, Scripture from me. 1845 R. C. Trench Fitness Holy Script. i. 15 Through a Scripture alone, that is, through a written record, could any great epoch..transmit itself unimpaired to the after world. 1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 517 I had made no question of thine eyes or heart, Nor spared to read the scriptures in them writ, Wert thou my son. b. As a mass noun: written composition, writings; (also) the activity or occupation of writing. by scripture: in writing; by means of writing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] writing1340 scripturea1382 scripturea1382 scrowsa1513 stuff1542 the republic of letters1677 belles-lettres1710 literature1711 the Muses1838 lit.1850 letters1916 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 2 Chron. xxxvi. 22 Cirus king of persis..comaundide to ben preched to al his rewme also bi scripture [L. scripturam] seiynge, þese thingis seiþ cirus king of persis. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 2626 Thei that writen the scripture Of Grek, Arabe and of Caldee. ?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 632 But fforto tellen alle the circumstaunces..Conveyed by scripture with ffull grete excellence, Alle to declare I have noone eloquence. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 109 (MED) Where now she restyth..I dede lerne..Bothe be scripture and eek be mowthe. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. C.iiij There haue bene many famous and renoumed by scripture and lerning. 1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine i. ii. 34 I will dite an aliquant loue-pistle to her, and then she hearing the grand verbositie of my scripture, will loue me presently. c. in scripture: in writing; on record. Obsolete. [Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French en escripture (12th cent., e.g. in mettre en escripture).] ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [adverb] in scripturec1400 on (also upon) the books1714 society > communication > writing > state of having been written > [adverb] in scripturec1400 in write1483 in (also under) black and white1569 on paper1582 scriptitiously1815 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1039 Vchon in scrypture a name con plye Of Israel barnez, folewande her datez, Þat is to say, as her byrþ-whatez. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. iv. l. 382 I haue put it in scripture [L. stilo] and remembraunce. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 63 (MED) Þou shalt drawe to þe lettryd men to enheye þi louynge, and þy dedys to make ay to laste in scripture. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xliv. 5 They..brought forth the pleasaunt songes in scripture. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 125 (MED) The Secretorye should put it in scrypture. c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. vii. 109 It shall never be chronicled nor remayne in scripture,..that Ireland was lost by my negligence. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. xii. 21 It is found in Scripture of the Spartians, and the Jewes that they are bretheren. 6. Written characters; handwriting; penmanship. Also: writing in a particular script or alphabet. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] handOE scripturea1400 writing1440 written hand1520 hand write1568 handwriting1571 written hand1580 write1591 calligraphy1645 penmanship1695 hand of write1700 manuscript1771 autography1787 calography1803 calligraph1831 script1834 chirography1838 scription1846 hand lettering1864 back-hand1885 society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] rounOE pagine?c1225 writ-rounc1275 dite1340 writing1340 paperc1390 scripturea1400 writinga1400 charactc1400 textc1400 papera1500 black and white1569 page?1606 character1609 litera scripta1660 matter1683 legend1822 screed1834 reading1836 a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) l. 516 (MED) Þeryn þer was in Letture Letters of siluer, feire scripture. 1426 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. p. xxi Symkyn hathe had the hole scripture rased of a chartre undre the seal of armez of my lord of York. ?c1450 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 86 This present book legeble in scripture, Here in this place thus tacched with a cheyn. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezra iv. 7 The scripture of y^e letter was wrytten in the Syrians speach. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus 182 In fine scriptour, I saw it writtin new [V]pon his breist his name hecht Disperance. 1652 Ripley's Compend of Alchemy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 186 By Fygures, and by Colors, and by Scrypture playne. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. xii. 261 The handwriting was of that form of scripture which attracts; refined yet energetic; full of character. 1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. lviii. 295 The wooden blocks of Germany abolished the art of scripture. 1977 D. Walcott tr. J. Brodsky in J. Brodsky Part of Speech (1980) 132 Against it [sc. the Wall] man's figure is ugly and stiff as a frightening hieroglyph, as any illegible scripture at which one stares. 2002 M. J. Panicker Person of Jesus Christ i. 37 A carefully done manuscript..[presenting] a clear legible scripture without any mutilation, written by one scribe alone in a West Syrian script. †7. A phrase or motto inscribed on an object, scroll, etc.; an inscription. Also as a mass noun: inscribed words. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] onwritingOE writinga1382 inwritingc1384 writa1400 scripturec1400 scriptiona1425 style?a1527 inscriptiona1552 epigram1552 inscriptor1603 inscript1611 epigraph1624 scribings1870 wording1908 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1546 When hit þe scrypture hade scraped wyth a strof [read scrof] penne. 1420 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 298 As touching þe scripture of þe seeles, vs semeth þat þis worde Regent may be owte wel ynogh. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 7610 In hys hand holdyng a scrypture Wych wrytyn was wyth lettrys of gold. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 123 On the balle was this scripture written, he that shall pleye with me, [etc.]. 1533 J. Coke in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 44 With a scripture over her head, saiyng that Love was lighter then a fether. 1540 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 98 For my grave a picture of latten..with scriptur about it and the iiij evangelistes. 1664 Floddan Field iv. 32 A certain scrall, whose scripture said, Jack of Norfolk be not too bold. 1771 E. Ledwich Antiquitates Sarisburienses 199 Three fair basons,..with a Scripture, Orate pro anima Will. Normanton. 1900 W. H. St. J. Hope in Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. 15 296 A scroll with this scripture..Benedicite fontes Domino. Compounds Most of these compounds also occur with the first element in the form Scripture, with capital initial. C1. a. (a) General attributive (in sense 1).Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately at Compounds 1a(b). ΚΠ 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse Ded. 2 I am slenderly knowledged in Scripture matters. 1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Cv^v Of these tussocks that are layd out now a dayes, there is no mencyon made in scriptures, because they were not vsed in scripture time. 1628 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse 81 By reason of the darknesse of their understandings, and the want of Scripture-light. 1652 W. Jenkyn Expos. Jude: 1st Pt. iv. 287 We must not rifle the cabinet of the secret decree, yet neither bushel the candle of Scripture-discovery. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. June 345/1 The World assails thee with ambition, wield Thy scripture-sword. 1782 W. Cowper Retirement in Poems 293 Strong judgment lab'ring in the scripture mine. 1797 J. Toulmin Let. to W. Wilberforce p. xvi in Injustice of Classing Unitarians with Deists & Infidels The most eminent Unitarians have been close Scripture Students. 1826 W. E. Andrews Exam. Fox's Cal. Protestant Saints 253 His list of heterogeneous fanatics and scripture-diviners. 1921 Catholic Educ. Assoc. Bull. Nov. 500 The aim of our Scripture course..should be..to impart to our young clerics a thorough and first-hand acquaintance with the Bible. 2000 A. Hastings in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 113/1 The very diversity of the gospels..has often exasperated scripture scholars and theologians. (b) scripture knowledge n. ΚΠ 1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. 597 Scripture knowledge wee thinke is for Church-men, & those that haue little else to doe. 1810 Missionary Mag. 15 Jan. 41 Though very deficient in scripture knowledge, they are now beginning to search the scriptures and examine for themselves. 2004 T. Pomp Greatest Measure iv. 52 My Sunday suit did not help, and my scripture knowledge did not impress Him. scripture lesson n. ΚΠ a1637 W. Rushworth Dialogues (1640) iii. 389 We haue scripture lessons, which diue into the deepe sense of the written word of God without farther application. 1867 W. L. Collins Public Schools 56 There is a Scripture or Greek Testament lesson at 4. 1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 128 Sermons have loosened up, often filled with more practical advice than Scripture lessons. scripture study n. ΚΠ 1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. 597 If for any men, Scripture-studie and knowledge bee necessary, [etc.]. 1841 Bristol Mercury 2 Jan. 5/2 Scripture study is made a pleasant exercise. 2014 N. R. W. Eastman Women, Leadership, & Bible ii. 14 As people who believe that God's Word should be our foremost guide for life, it would make sense that Scripture study should form the central basis for a decision. b. (a) attributive, with reference to passages, quotations, phrases, etc., from scripture, or to the style or meaning of these.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately at Compounds 1b(b). ΚΠ 1590 S. Butterfield Princ. True Christian Relig. sig. D8 Our brother (in the scripture phrase) is he, that is a Christian. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 369 The last clause, ‘Thou wilt not despise’, is to be obserued also, as being such which, in Scripture-speaking, betokeneth more then is expressed. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §948 There are vsed also Scripture-Words. 1640 Whole Bk. Psalmes: ‘Bay Psalm Bk.’ (title page) The necessity of the heavenly Ordinance of singing Scripture Psalmes in the Churches of God. 1686 G. Hickes Speculum Beatæ Virginis 30 S. Ignatius..mentions her by the name of plain Mary in the Scripture-stile. 1764 H. Walpole Let. 16 Apr. in Corr. with G. Montagu (1941) II. 140 I shall irritate my neighbours (I don't mean those at next door, but in the scripture-sense of neighbour, anybody). 1785 A. Pirie (title) Critical and practical observations, on scripture-texts. 1851 E. B. Pusey Let. to Bp. London (ed. 3) 127/1 That wide-opened Hand, trickling (in Scripture-words) with ‘the Blood of God’. 1864 J. H. Gurney Four Eccl. Biogr. 302 His own sermons [were] short expositions generally of the Scripture portion for the day. 1906 New Internat. Encycl. III. 24/2 The determination of Scripture meaning devolved upon the individual student of Scripture. 2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 25 May a24 Peter was known for..amplifying the point with an apt Scripture quotation. (b) scripture expression n. ΚΠ 1641 J. Goodwin Christians Engagem. for Gospell 258 It is a mans wisedome (as the Scripture expression is) to doe it. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 392 [Paraphrasing Johnson:] A scripture expression may be used, like a highly classical phrase, to produce an instantaneous strong impression. 2011 Singing Hearts & Dancing Feet in JesusOnlyApostolicFaithGroup (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Dec. Dancing in the Spirit is not used in the scripture, but dancing before the Lord is a scripture expression. scripture language n. ΚΠ 1592 H. Broughton Apol. in Briefe Assertions sig. K4 This for Chaldeans, being not a dead Horse, but in Scripture language, dead Dogges. 1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. i. iii. 35 A good and a bad Principle, (called in Scripture-Language the Flesh and the Spirit). 1990 Daily Herald (Chicago) 3 Nov. ii. 7/5 Reading aloud the King James version of the Bible to their eight children, Taylor discovered the meaning of the Scripture language had eluded them. scripture passage n. ΚΠ 1643 J. Goodwin Os Ossorianvm ii. 13 (title of chapter) The first Encounter of the Author of the Grand Rebellion against the Anti-cavalier, about that Scripture passage, 1 Pet 2. 13 Examined. 1780 J. Mainwaring Serm. Several Occas. p. xxv Some divines delight to sadden and solemnify their sermons with Scripture passages. 2007 A. L. Pitstick Light in Darkness iii. 49 One final Scripture passage requires more extended individual consideration at this point, namely, 1 Peter 3:18–4:6. scripture phrase n. ΚΠ 1590 S. Butterfield Princ. True Christian Relig. sig. D8 Our brother (in the scripture phrase) is he, that is a Christian. 1837 ‘Nimrod’ Chace, Turf, & Road iii. 278 The Scripture phrase..is now every day verified, the race not being to the swift. 2013 Day (New London, Connecticut) (Nexis) 16 Jan. The..doughnut chain..started printing scripture phrases on its coffee cups. scripture verse n. ΚΠ 1653 W. Erbery Bishop of London 3 Studied Petitions, larded with whole Scripture-verses together. 1859 Connecticut Common School Jrnl. Apr. 128 Each exercise consists of..Scripture verses to be read alternately by teacher and pupils. 2010 Church Times 26 Mar. 21/2 Repeating well-loved scripture verses is of the enormous value to a largely Sunday-school generation. c. attributive, with the sense ‘recorded or described in scripture’ as scripture account, scripture history, scripture miracle, scripture story, etc. ΚΠ 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 71^v A kinde of Enterlude, compiled in Cornish out of some scripture history. 1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 12 The Prayers of the greatest and most illuminated Scripture-Saints are rather frequent. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 142. ⁋2 The great and venerable Simplicity of the Scripture Stories. a1732 F. Atterbury Serm. Several Occas. (1734) I. 195 The Scripture Accounts of these things are short. 1751 J. Brown Ess. Characteristics 284 This seems to be the true light, in which the evidence arising from the scripture-miracles ought to be placed. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iii. 62 Scenes taken from scripture history. 1905 H. G. Guinness Hist. unveiling Prophecy viii. 186 The Apocalypse, as the gift of the ascended Saviour, and the last great Scripture prophecy, held a place of preeminence. 2006 J. Christ Journeying with Luke 5 The story of Adam and Eve is probably one of the first scripture stories that you learned as a child. d. attributive, with the sense ‘prescribed by or in accordance with scripture’, ‘based on or derived from scripture’, as scripture authority, scripture doctrine, scripture rule, etc.Sometimes approaching the status of an adjective, corresponding to scriptural adj. 1.See also scripture proof n. and adj. (a) at Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed 353 For in this particular the Scripture-notion of priority excludeth an antecedent, but inferreth not a consequent. 1672 J. Owen Disc. Evangelical Love 68 The sentence of Natural Reason, or Scripture-Rule. 1712 S. Clarke (title) The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity. 1791 Fash. World 216 From a scripture view of what real religion is. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. vi. 128 The bits o' stane idols were broken in pieces by Scripture warrant. 1834 Tracts for Times No. 24 (title of essay) The Scripture View of the Apostolic Commission. 1834 Tracts for Times No. 22. 7 To try this Athanasian Creed by Scripture rules. 1970 J. H. Tietjen Let. 30 Apr. in A. C. Piepkorn Sacred Script. & Lutheran Confessions (2007) 59 Ressmeyer has asked me to concentrate on how Scripture authority is used. He is looking for a positive position on Scripture as source and norm of faith and life. 2014 P. Helm Faith, Form, & Fashion vii. 203 The Scripture doctrine of the Trinity is called into question by non-Trinitarians and others. C2. Objective with agent nouns, verbal nouns, and participles, as scripture-preacher, scripture-searcher; scripture-learning, scripture-quoting, etc.See also scripture reader n., scripture reading n. and adj. at Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 58 Bold blasphemies and Scripture-scorning ironies against God. 1658 M. Poole Quo Warranto ix. 115 The maintenance is not due onely to such as are office-wise related to those to whom they preach, but to all Scripture-Preachers. 1677 F. Bampfield All in One 4 Word-Study and Scripture-Learning would make Art short and Life long. 1705 J. Edwards Preacher 147 It is necessary that our Preaching be Scripture-Preaching. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 360 The scripture-slighting Will-worship of the Romish Church. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxxi. 279 [In women-convict ships] there was not a single Scripture-quoter, such as we find..in men-ships. 1844 Ld. Leigh Walks in Country 129 The humble scripture-searcher prays for grace. 1859 A. Edersheim tr. J. H. Kurtz Hist. Old Covenant I. 190 It would imply two different modes of Scripture teaching and interpretation. 1995 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 18 June j4/2 This wonderful tale of snake-handling, tongues-talking, scripture-quoting ecstatics of Appalachia. 2011 Private Eye 27 May 8/3 Sometime scripture teacher John Pugh. C3. scripture cake n. chiefly North American a cake made from ingredients mentioned in the Bible, esp. such a cake having a recipe in the form of a riddle or puzzle that specifies biblical passages (instead of ingredients) in which the names of the requisite ingredients may be found.Scripture cakes are typically flavoured with honey, figs, and spices. ΚΠ 1891 N.Y. Times 5 Sept. One of the exhibits was what is known as Scripture cake. 1906 Everyday Housek. Apr. 671/1 Scripture Cake..1st Kings, 4-22, 4 1-2 cups; Judges, 5- 25, (last clause), 1 cup; Jeremiah, 6, 20, 2 cups [etc.]. 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Feb. 128/2 There is one very curious recipe for a Scripture cake, which demands reference to twelve Biblical texts. 1989 W. A. MacIntosh Wind bloweth where it Listeth v. 178 Besides selling ordinary cake, coffee and candy, they sold slices of scripture cake. 2004 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Electronic ed.) 13 Jan. g6 Scripture Cake... 3/4 cup (180 mL) Genesis 18:8. † scripture church n. Obsolete a church as described in or defined by scripture; spec. any of the seven churches of Revelation 1–3. ΚΠ 1644 W. Rathband Briefe Narr. Church Courses iii. 11 (margin) The pattern of Scripture Churches is forsaken, which ever describes the members of each Church by the place of their cohabitation. 1653 T. Blake Vindiciæ Foederis 225 We finde seven several Epistles written from heaven to seven several Churches, all which had their abode at the place whence the church bore its name; these are Scripture-Churches. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. To Rdr. p. xiv The Apostolical Order of the Church of England (as succeeding the spotless Scripture-Church of the Primitive Christian Smyrna). 1785 View Controv. Pagans, Mahometans, Jews, & Christians 203 These scripture churches had all the full power of discipline and jurisdiction within themselves..and were congregational churches, independent on each other. † Scripture-Janus n. Obsolete rare a person who is hypocritically pious, quoting scripture but lacking charity or inner devotion. ΚΠ 1715 W. Pittis Some Mem. Life J. Radcliffe 53 I cannot be induc'd to love a Scripture-Janus, such as is the Arch-Bishop of Glascow. scripture name n. a personal name used in scripture; a biblical name. ΚΠ 1603 G. Estey Certaine Godly & Learned Expos. ii. f. 125 The most of scripture names are significatiue, implying some good thing. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 12 Aug. 2/2 When thou art converted, thou must take to thee a Scripture-Name. 1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island iv. 24 Miss Jones..called her twins Tiglath-Pileser and Shalmaneser—Scriptur' names both, but I never liked 'em. 1995 Burlington (N. Carolina) Times-News 7 Jan. d6/4 [Their] parents gave them Biblical names with the hope that they would regard their scripture names: Rebecca, Esther, Joseph, Samuel, Martha and Mary. scripture proof n. and adj. (a) n. scriptural text serving to support a particular doctrine, practice, etc. (now rare); †(b) adj. (with hyphen) that is impervious to error, as a result of being based on scripture (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [adjective] > warranted by scripture proof1588 scriptured1606 1588 G. D. Briefe Discouerie Dr. Allens Seditious Drifts 10 (margin) His prophane handling, & neglect of Scripture proofe, is a great argument either of weakenes in his cause, or hypocrisy in himselfe, or of both. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 Cor. ii. 5) 61 Our whole preaching must be Scripture-proof, or it will burn, and none be the better for it. 1651 R. Baxter (title) Plain Scripture proof of infants church-membership and baptism. 1713 J. Lacy Gen. Delusion Christians iv. 436 I..pray you to explain, whether ye intend by it [sc. your Rule] to encourage a Wild Enthusiasm, or only to withstand one, that is true, and Scripture-Proof? 1796 N. Strong Doctr. Eternal Misery i. 45 Doctor Chauncey..takes almost the whole of his scripture proof from the writings of Paul. 1898 J. H. de Vries tr. A. Kuyper Encycl. Sacred Theol. iii. iii. 565 Scripture-proof seemed to them to be presented only by the quotation of some Bible verse that literally and fully expressed the given assertion. 1973 L. J. Wood Bible & Future Events v. 95 What scripture proof may be cited that saints on earth during the tribulation period will experience severe suffering? † scripture-read adj. Obsolete rare knowledgeable about or well read in scripture; cf. scripture-learned adj. ΚΠ 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd x, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 264 His pore mother, not being a Scripture-read woman, made a mistake at his christening. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. 144 Great scripture-read scholars. scripture reading n. and adj. (a) n. the action of reading scripture; (also, as a count noun) a passage of scripture to be read; (b) adj. that reads scripture regularly; pious, religious. ΚΠ 1602 R. Parsons Warn-word sig. Mm7 Scripture Reading in vulgar tongues hath byn occasion of ruine to many of the simpler sort. 1662 J. Barbon Λειτουργία Θειοτέρα Ἐργία 57 The matter thereof [i.e. of the liturgy] consisting of..Scripture-Readings in a known tongue. 1825 J. A. Jones Refugee I. xi. 229 You look to be a scripture-reading man by the length of your phiz. 1920 R. Cluett (title) Every morning: scripture readings and prayers for family or individual worship. 2000 Afr. Amer. Rev. 34 127/1 The preacher's adulteries scandalize the Scripture-reading congregation of Zion Hope. 2006 New Mexico Mag. Sept. 40 (advt.) Taizé style worship is deeply contemplative and includes scripture reading, silence, brief prayers and meditative singing. scripture-wort n. [probably after scientific Latin Graphis, genus name (1810 or earlier) < ancient Greek γραϕίς stylus, writing tool] now rare any of several crust-forming lichens of the genus Graphis or (more widely) the family Graphidaceae; a script lichen. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > other lichens cup-moss1597 ground liverwort1597 Usnea1597 perelle1712 oak moss1728 necklace moss1759 rag1759 thrush-lichen1759 Iceland lichen1777 Iceland moss1785 map lichen1796 scripture-wort1835 letter lichen1846 dog lichen1853 fairy cups1855 velvet moss1858 manna lichen1864 tree-hair1866 famine-bread1887 old man's beard1888 sea ivory1966 1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. I. 155 Graphideaceæ, the second type of the Cetrarinæ, to which Graphis (the scripture-wort..), gives name. 1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 245 Graphideaceæ..in allusion to the resemblance of the apothecia..to ancient hieroglyphics or written characters. For the same reason the Graphideæ are popularly designated ‘Letter Lichens’ or ‘Scripture-worts’. 1902 J. A. Owen & G. S. Boulger Country Month by Month (new ed.) xi. 444 The marvellous hieroglyphics of one of the species of Graphis..well merit the names of ‘letter lichens’ or ‘scripture-worts’. 1955 H. Bastin Plants without Flowers iv. 45 Among the most interesting are the ‘letter-worts’ or ‘scripture-worts’. One ‘writing-lichen’ is fairly common. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scripturev. Brit. /ˈskrɪptʃə/, U.S. /ˈskrɪp(t)ʃər/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: scripture n. Etymology: < scripture n. Compare scriptured adj. 3.Apparently re-formed in the 19th cent. Now rare. transitive. To write or inscribe (words, symbols, a text, etc.); to record (something) in writing. Usually in passive.In quot. 1950 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] writeeOE awriteeOE markOE titlea1325 record1340 registera1393 accordc1450 chronicle1460 to write upa1475 calendar1487 enrol1530 prickc1540 scripture1540 to set down1562 report1600 reservea1616 tabulatea1646 to take down1651 actuate1658 to commit to writing (also paper)1695 to mark down1881 slate1883 society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > set down in writing adighteOE to set on writea900 dightc1000 writeOE brevea1225 layc1330 indite1340 take1418 annote1449 printa1450 scribe1465 redact?a1475 reduce1485 letter1504 recite1523 to commit to writing (also paper)1529 pen1530 reduce?1533 token up1535 scripture1540 titulea1550 to set down1562 quote1573 to put down1574 paper1594 to write down1594 apprehend1611 fix1630 exarate1656 depose1668 put1910 1540 Will of Martyn Newcomen in A. R. Maddison Lincs. Wills, 1500–1600 (1888) 22 I wyll have a trowght of marbell layd uppon my grave with my armes and the armes of Mary my wife scripturyd in metall of lattyn. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 279 As some menne wrote the right lyne to depryue, Through great falsehed made it to bee scriptured. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 272 At Newerke died, at Worcester sepultured, In chronicles, as is playnly scriptured. 1842 Promethean Jan. 1/2 Lutheran insurrection! French revolutionary criticism! both scriptured in red letter type, and with armorial coats upon their bindings. 1950 J. S. Collis Triumph of Tree ii. xiii. 110 We have plenty of elm-tree tracery... In the setting of its hieroglyphics scriptured against the cold winter sunset, we have an illuminated manuscript. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1330v.1540
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