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单词 scripture
释义 scrip·ture
\ˈskripchə(r), -psh-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin scriptura, from Latin, act or product of writing, from scriptus (past participle of scribere to write) + -ura -ure — more at scribe
1.
 a.
  (1) usually capitalized : the books of the Old and New Testament or of either of them : bible
   < a collection … from the various parts of the Scripture — J.C.Swaim >
   — often used in plural
   < the demand for the Scriptures in a familiar tongue has found expression in a great activity of Bible translation — L.A.Weigle >
  (2) usually capitalized : a passage or text from the Bible
   < in their case was the Scripture fulfilled that the first shall be last and the last first — E.C.Colwell >
 b. : sacred writing of a religion
  < Buddhist scripture >
 c. : a body of writings considered as authoritative
  < his critical essays provide the scripture of the movement >
  or as classically embodying the essence of a way of life, movement, era, or nation — often used in plural
  < the American scriptures, the great books of the eighteen-fifties — Van Wyck Brooks >
2. : something written : a writing or portion of a writing
 < the primitive man's awe for any scripture — George Santayana >
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