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scripture | biblical |

As a noun scripture

is a sacred writing or holy book.

As an adjective biblical is

(biblical).

scripture

English

(wikipedia Scripture)

Noun

(en proper noun)
  • the Aqdas
  • the Hebrew Tanakh
  • the Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible.
  • the Adi Granth
  • the Avesta
  • the Book of Shadows
  • the Raelian Sensual Meditation
  • the Moslem Koran
  • the Poetic Edda
  • The Tripitaka
  • The Veda
  • the religious text of a given religion

    • biblical

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Biblical

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the Bible.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
    Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue.
  • In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).
  • Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.
    • of biblical''' proportions''; ''with '''biblical fury

    Quotations

    (English Citations of "biblical")

    Antonyms

    * unbiblical

    Coordinate terms

    * quranic, tripitakan, Vedic, Avestan

    Derived terms

    * biblical proportions * biblical studies * know someone in the biblical sense