n. [ L. scriptura, fr. scribere, scriptum, to write: cf. OF. escripture, escriture, F. écriture. See Scribe. ] 1. Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription. [ 1913 Webster ] I have put it in scripture and in remembrance. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the tomb, the which was in Latin. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The books of the Old and the New Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; -- used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ] There is not any action a man ought to do, or to forbear, but the Scripture will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it. South. [ 1913 Webster ] Compared with the knowledge which the Scriptures contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A passage from the Bible; a text. [ 1913 Webster ] The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful Scripture. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
