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 Scripture \Scrip"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. scriptura, fr. scribere,
   scriptum, to write: cf. OF. escripture, escriture, F.
   ['e]criture. See {Scribe}.]
   1. Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.
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            I have put it in scripture and in remembrance.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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            Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the
            tomb, the which was in Latin.         --Ld. Berners.
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   2. The books of the Old and the New Testament, or of either
      of them; the Bible; -- used by way of eminence or
      distinction, and chiefly in the plural.
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            There is not any action a man ought to do, or to
            forbear, but the Scripture will give him a clear
            precept or prohibition for it.        --South.
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            Compared with the knowledge which the Scriptures
            contain, every other subject of human inquiry is
            vanity.                               --Buckminster.
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   3. A passage from the Bible; a text.
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            The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
                                                  --Shak.
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            Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful
            Scripture.                            --Milton.
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