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scripture

scrip.ture \'skrip-ch*r\ n [ME, fr. LL scriptura, fr. L, act or product of 
   writing, fr. scriptus)X cap  1a1: the books of the Old and New Testaments 
   or of either of them : BI BLE - often used in pl. often cap  1a2: a passage 
   from the Bible  1b: the sacred writings of a religion  1c: a body of 
   writings considered as authoritative  2: something written