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Scripture

noun
/ˈskɹɪpt͡ʃɚ/US/ˈskɹɪptʃə/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin scrīptūrader. Middle English scripture English scripture From Middle English scripture, from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”). By surface analysis, script + -ure.

  1. derived from scrīptūra
  2. inherited from scripture

Definitions

  1. The foundational text of a given religion, or a text considered especially holy.

  2. A sacred writing or holy book.

    • The primary scripture in Zoroastrianism is the Avesta.
    • In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority[…]
    • It would be quite unwise to deem the whole historical enterprise as wrong-headed and to think that one can revert to the gospels' way of reading scripture, […]

  3. An authoritative statement.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A (short) passage or verse from the Bible.

The neighborhood

Derived

scripture cake

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Scripture. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at scripture. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at scripture

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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