单词 | scripturist |
释义 | scripturistn. 1. A person who believes that scripture is the sole authority for faith and religious practice, or advocates a strict adherence to the literal interpretation of scripture; cf. scripturalist n. 1, scripturism n. 2. Sometimes: spec. a member of a Jewish sect recognizing only the Hebrew scriptures (and not the Talmud) as religious authority; a Karaite. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] > strict adherence to > person scripturer?1550 Scripturary1563 Scripturian1565 ink-divine1604 scripturist1604 textual1613 text-man1619 textualist1629 Scripturarian1652 scripturalist?1702 textuary1728 Bible-bigot1766 Bible-moth1789 bibliolatrist1826 Biblist1836 Biblicist1837 gymnobiblist1844 bibliolater1847 1604 W. Bishop Reformation Catholike Deformed ii. 11 And in the same Chapter [he] putteth downe the contentious scripturist, with the custome of the Church. 1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron i. xi. 58 The Sadduces were termed..Karaim, Biblers, or Scripturists. 1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist Introd. 9 It must argue great Conceitedness..for a Man to expect to be heard, or attended to, as a Scripturist, or a Textuary, in opposition to the Christian World. 1791 W. Enfield Brucker's Hist. Philos. II. iv. i. 175 The Scripturists were a party distinct from the Traditionaries. 1856 Friends' Rev. 9 Feb. 341/1 The Friends stopped at Batchiserai, where is an establishment of the Jews, of the sect called Caraites, or Scripturists. 1953 Amer. Q. 5 164 The Unitarians were above all close Scripturists; so were the Perfectionists. 1995 Harvard Theol. Rev. 88 369 Spinoza had turned the tables on Meyer, moving the scripturists—most Protestants and neo-Karaite Jews—from the dogmatist into the skeptical camp. 2. A person who is knowledgeable about or well read in scripture; a biblical scholar. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > [noun] > one learned in Scripturian1599 textuary1608 text-man1619 textualist1629 textuist1631 scripturist1641 scriptorian1787 1641 R. More True Relation Murders Clunne xxvii. 120 They have heard, and read that this Enoch was a bould and busy scripturist, that he would ride three or foure miles to heare Sermons..and yet he fell into these haynous crimes. 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 140 To engage us to grow ready Scripturists. 1713 R. Nelson Life Bp. Bull 509 He was also esteemed a very good Grecian and a great Scripturist. 1792 W. Newcome Eng. Biblical Transl. 6 Wiclif was not only a good divine and scripturist, but well skilled in the civil, canon, and English law. 1876 Primitive Methodist Mag. Sept. 520 As a check against errors in interpretation, recourse can be had to learned scripturists whose vocation lies in that line. 1917 Herald of Gospel Liberty 5 July 646/3 [He] was a scholar, an orator, a publisher, a Scripturist, and was unflinching in his efforts to maintain what he understood the Bible to teach. 2009 S. Benson Shakespearean Resurrection 159 Shaheen's study of Shakespeare's biblical references makes it abundantly clear that he was an artist, not a scripturist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。