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scripturian, n. and a. rare.|skrɪpˈtjʊərɪən|
Also 7 -ean.
[f. scripture n. + -ian.]
A. n. A biblical scholar; a scripturist.
1599Chapman Hum. Days Mirth G 3 b, Flo. Cursed be he that maketh debate twixt man & wife. Lem. O rare scripturian! you haue sealed vp my lips. a1612Harington Epigr. (1633) iv. lxxxiii, Great Scriptureans.., That cite Saint Paul at every bench and boord.
B. adj. = scripturarian a.
1826Examiner 35/2 An Irish Priest..had called him a Bible-reading vagabond, a Scripturian rapscallion, &c. merely because he refused to part with his Bible. |