scriptural

Everyday

(church, Bible) Based on or connected with holy writings, especially the Bible. tree →

In the lessons

In church and religion lessons: «a scriptural passage», «scriptural teaching». Other faiths have scriptures too (the Qur'an, the Torah, the Vedas). Phrases: «scriptural reading», «scriptural basis».

Examples

• The vicar read a scriptural passage. tree →
• Christians look for scriptural guidance in the Bible. tree →
• The song uses scriptural words. tree →
• Each faith has its own scriptural texts. tree →
• The lesson had a scriptural theme. tree →
• The artist painted scriptural scenes. tree →

Note

From «scripture». Formal. Sometimes with a capital «Scriptural». Speak respectfully: people of different faiths have different scriptures.

In Jewish tradition

In church and religion lessons: «a scriptural passage», «scriptural teaching». Other faiths have scriptures too (the Qur'an, the Torah, the Vedas). Phrases: «scriptural reading», «scriptural basis».

Examples

• All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

From «scripture». Formal. Sometimes with a capital «Scriptural». Speak respectfully: people of different faiths have different scriptures.