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Scrip⋅ture

[skrip-cher]
–noun
1. Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
2. (often lowercase) any writing or book, esp. when of a sacred or religious nature.
3. (sometimes lowercase) a particular passage from the Bible; text.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < L scrīptūra writing. See script, -ure
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Holy Scripture  
n.  See scripture.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

scripture 
c.1300, "a writing, an act of writing," esp. "the sacred writings of the Bible," from L.L. scriptura "the writings contained in the Bible, a passage from the Bible," from L. scriptura "a writing, character, inscription," from scriptus, pp. of scribere "write" (see script).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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