Holy writings collectively; spec. the Bible or Holy Scriptures. In earlier times, sometimes including other writings dealing with sacred subjects.
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| 释义 | society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [noun] (55) Holy Writc900 Holy writings collectively; spec. the Bible or Holy Scriptures. In earlier times, sometimes including other writings dealing with sacred subjects. writeOE In singular or plural. The sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible; the Scriptures… Without modifying word. Later chiefly with the… God's bookOE the Scriptures, the Bible (in plural in Old English). writOE In singular or plural. The sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible; the Scriptures… With modifying word, as in Divine Writ, Sacred Writ… bookOE A specific text, elliptically or contextually understood. Frequently with capital initial. The Bible (occasionally spec. the New Testament or… Biblea1300 The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. (Sometimes in early use, and still dialect, used for the Old Testament; e.g. ‘neither in the Bible nor… holy lettrurec1330 Writings, literature; a story, a book. Obsolete. scripturec1330 The sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible; the Old and New Testaments; the Bible… In singular, without the or other determiner. the (sacred or holy) writings1340 Chiefly in plural. The sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible; the Scriptures. Chiefly with modifying word, as the (sacredor holy) wri… gospel1393 In extended sense: The Holy Scriptures. worda1425 The Bible, or some part or passage of it, as considered to be divinely inspired; Scripture. escripture1489 = scripture, n. Holy Write1508 A piece of writing. Chiefly with the. The sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible; the Scriptures; frequently in Holy Write. Cf. writ… theologya1513 Rarely used for Holy Scripture. So late Greek θεολογία (Pseudo-Dionysus De Cæl. Hier. 9 §3), medieval Latin theologia. Obsolete. the written word1533 The text of the Bible, regarded as having been divinely inspired. Cf. word, n. 10b. Frequently with capital initial in Word. Book of God1548 a holy book, esp. the Bible or the Qur'an. oracle1548 Chiefly Christian Church. Divine revelation; an instance of this, a declaration or message expressed or delivered by divine inspiration. Also in p… hand biblea1680 (a) a small bible that may be carried in the hand; (b) Navy slang (now historical and rare) = holy-stone, n. 1. good book1740 (with the and frequently with capital initials) the Bible. sacred book1782 sacred book, sacred writing, etc.: one of those in which the laws and teachings of a religion are embodied. sacred history: the history contained in… the sacred volume1850 the sacred volume, the Bible. the Christian volume, the New Testament. bibliotheca1879 In Old English: the Scriptures, the Bible. Kitab1885 The Qur'an; also, a sacred book of certain other revealed religions, e.g. the Bible. Subcategories:— as intellectual 'outfit' (1) — quality (5) — writer of (1) — revisers of (1) — reading of (20) — devotion to (1) — denial of (3) |
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