scriptural

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SCRIP'TURAL, adjective [from scripture.] 1. Contained in the Scriptures, so called by way of eminence, that is, in the Bible; as a scriptural word, expression or phrase. 2. According to the Scriptures or sacred oracles; as a scriptural doctrine.
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