<noun.communication> he went to carry the Word to the heathen
any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
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Scripture \Scrip"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. scriptura, fr. scribere, scriptum, to write: cf. OF. escripture, escriture, F. ['e]criture. See {Scribe}.] 1. Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.
I have put it in scripture and in remembrance. --Chaucer.
Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the tomb, the which was in Latin. --Ld. Berners.
2. The books of the Old and the New Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; -- used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural.
There is not any action a man ought to do, or to forbear, but the Scripture will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it. --South.
Compared with the knowledge which the Scriptures contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity. --Buckminster.
3. A passage from the Bible; a text.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. --Shak.
Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful Scripture. --Milton.
Tears come into your eyes when you see them in their blue pants and blue skirts and white shirts. They read the scripture, they do everything.
Lee said the action stemmed from basic doctrinal disagreements with church leaders about the role of American Indians in the religion and from his contention the leadership is racist, materialistic and bent on changing the meaning of Mormon scripture.
In England, I could probably expect more people to get the allusion, since it is from pulpits of the Church of England that the weekly reading of a text from scripture was first called a lesson.
Butler shrouds his racist message in religion, using scripture to support his claims of white supremacy.
They describe the father as a know-it-all zealot who likes to spout scripture and loves the attention his actions, and those of his children, bring to the family.
He starts with some scripture but then continues with a book about recent events in Moscow.
But as in a service last week that drew an estimated 3,000 people to the grounds of Howard University, Stallings will include African religious rites and add readings from black authors to the standard scripture and sacraments, Blanc said.