scripture

n. திருமறைநுல், சமயத் திருநுல் தொகுதி, விவிலிய ஏடு, கிறித்தவர் திருமறை நுல், விவிலிய நுல் மேற்கோள், சாசனம், (பெ.) திருநுல் சார்ந்த, திருநுலிலிருந்து எடுக்கப்பட்ட, விவிலிய ஏடு சார்ந்த, விவிலிய நுல் மேற்கோளான.

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Scrip"ture, n. Etym: [L. scriptura, fr. scribere, scriptum, to write: cf. OF. escripture, escriture, F. écriture. 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 Scripteres contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity. Buckminster. 3. A passage from the Bible;; a text. The devil can eite Scripture for his purpose. Shak. Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful Scripture. Milton.

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