scriptorian

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noun

One who is familiar with scripture or sacred writing, or who refers back to it frequently.

OriginLatin scrīptūra →
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Meanings

nounscriptorian (plural scriptorians)

plural scriptorians

  1. MormonismOne who is familiar with scripture or sacred writing, or who refers back to it frequently.

    In this connection, I stress again the deep need each woman has to study the scriptures. We want our homes to be blessed with sister scriptorians—whether you are single or married, young or old, widowed or living in a family. […]

    September 1979, Spencer W. Kimball, The Role of Righteous Women

Origin

  1. Latinscrīptūra“a writing, scripture”
  2. Englishscriptorian

Derived from scripture, from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“to write”), by analogy with terms such as historian.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scriptorian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriptorian.

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