n. 1. a. A sacred writing or book. b. A passage from such a writing or book. 2. often Scripture or Scriptures The writings collected as the Bible. 3. A statement regarded as authoritative. [Middle English, from Late Latin scrīptūra, from Latin, act of writing, from scrīptus, past participle of scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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