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# scripture

«scripture» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the holy writings of the Bible for Christians** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Scripture, the Scriptures; a scripture, scriptures)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church, Bible) Scripture (or the Scriptures) means the holy writings of the Bible for Christians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/#m1)

2) (religion) The holy writings of any religion, such as the Qur'an, the Torah or the Vedas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/#m2)

3) (old use, UK schools) A school subject for Bible study, now called Religious Education. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Jews call their holy writings the Tanakh, with the Torah as the first and most important part. In the primary lessons: In religious education Christians read Scripture in church services; Jews read the Hebrew scriptures; Muslims recite the Qur'an. In stories, a preacher quotes Scripture. Phrases: «Holy Scripture», «a passage of scripture», «quote Scripture», «according to scripture».

### examples

- The vicar read a passage from Scripture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/#x1)
- Christians call the Bible the Holy Scriptures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/#x2)
- Hindu scriptures include the Vedas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/#x3)
- The Torah is the most important scripture for Jews. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/#x4)
- My grandmother can quote Scripture from memory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/#x5)
- Long ago, monks copied the scriptures by hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/#x6)
- We compared stories from the scriptures of different religions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/#x7)
- Listening attentively, he heard her reading the Buddhist scriptures with great devotion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/#x8)

### note

Often with a capital S for the Bible. Uncountable («Scripture says…») or countable («the scriptures of Hinduism»). Adjective: scriptural. Related: verse, gospel, testament.

### In the corpora

- [Many traditions treat a lie blurted out in panic differently from a planned deception; the vicar says Scripture leaves some mystery here.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scripture» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scripture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.