scriptural

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/ˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃəɹəl//ˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃʊɹəl//ˈskɹɪp.ʃɹəl/

adjective

Of, relating to, or in accordance with scripture.

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivescriptural (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, relating to, or in accordance with scripture.
    1 more example

    When explicated in Augustine’s On Christian Teaching or in Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, the ordo amoris emerges as a concept that is both cogent on its own terms—reciprocal obligations incurred through birth and upbringing are, after all, self-evidently stronger than those we freely undertake through choice or circumstance—and entirely consistent with the moral grammar of the scriptural witness.

    2025 January 31, James Orr, “JD Vance States the Obvious About Ordo Amoris”, in First Things, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2025

    Synonyms: biblical, orthodox

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, relating to, or in accordance with scripture.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  4. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  5. Latinscrībō
  6. Latinscrīptūra
  7. Middle Englishscripture
  8. Englishscripture
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Englishscriptural

From scripture + -al.

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Translations

Catalan bíblic
  • bíblicbiblical
Italian scritturale, biblico
  • scritturalebiblical
  • biblicobiblical
Portuguese bíblico
  • bíblicobiblical
Spanish escritural, bíblico
  • escrituralbiblical
  • bíblicobiblical

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APA

scriptural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriptural

MLA

“scriptural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriptural. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scriptural,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriptural.

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