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- pronunciation:
- skrIp
ch
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
(often pl.) the Bible; Holy Scriptures.
- similar words:
- canon
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| definition 2: |
(often l.c.) a passage from the Bible.
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| definition 3: |
(sometimes l.c.) any sacred or authoritative text.
- similar words:
- bible, canon
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| related words: |
law |
adjective + (n.)Scripture
ancient, authoritative, biblical, canonical, divine, faithful, favorite, holy, incompatible, inspired, literal, patriarchal, plain, religious, sacred, subsequent, textual, theological, written
verb + (n.)Scripture
cite, encounter, ground, interpret, memorize, pray, quote, read, recite, record, root, search, study, teach, verse
(n.)Scripture
+ verb
affirm, assert, command, contain, contradict, discern, fulfil, guide, illuminate, justify, practice, preach, proclaim, submit, translate, venerate
noun + (n.)Scripture
authority,
believer,
canon,
declaration,
devil,
fulfillment,
gospel,
harmony,
hymn,
imagery,
insight,
inspiration,
interpretation,
key,
meaning,
narrative,
passage,
pastor,
portion,
prayer,
premodern,
proof,
prophecy,
prophet,
psalm,
quotation,
quote,
reading,
sacrament,
teaching,
testament,
testimony,
text,
theologian,
translation,
understanding
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Scripture comes from a Latin word that means "the product of writing."
The word scripture
contains the following parts:
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
  Example words:
ascribe, ascription, circumscribe, conscript, conscription, describe, description, descriptive, escritoire, imprescriptible, indescribable, inscribe, inscription, manuscript, nondescript, oversubscribe, postscript, prescribe, prescript, prescriptible, prescription, prescriptive, proscribe, proscription, rescript, scribal, scribble, scribbler, scribe1, scrip, script, scriptorium, scriptural, Scripture, scriptwriter, scrivener, subscribe, subscript, subscription, superscribe, superscript, transcribe, transcript, transcriptase, typescript
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, armature, capture, closure, composure, conjecture, debenture, denture, disclosure, displeasure, enclosure, enrapture, erasure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, indenture, juncture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, nomenclature, picture, posture, pressure, primogeniture, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, stricture, structure, superstructure, tenure, texture, torture, verdure
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