Scripture
Pronunciation
Origin
From Latin scrīptūra ("a writing, scripture"), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībŠ("I write").
Full definition of scripture
Noun
scripture
(plural scriptures)- A sacred writing or holy book.The primary scripture in Zoroastrianism is the Avesta.
- 2001, Leander Keck, Who is Jesus? (ISBN 0567088332), page 143: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, ...
- (by extension) An authoritative statement.