From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Religionscripturescrip‧ture /ˈskrɪptʃə $ -ər/ noun1 →Scripture2[countable, uncountable]RR the holy books of a particular religionHindu scripturesExamples from the Corpusscripture• And while his memorysearched wildly for a scripture, nothing came forth.• Neither of these options holds much promise for reading the Bible as scripture.• Buddhist scriptures• If one looks to sources other than the canonicalscriptures, Thomas's role assumes larger proportions.• His scripture is the dirt we're often doing.• In a number of passages there are emphaticstatements that he had come to fulfil the scriptures.• Originally they were responsible for making accuratecopies of the scriptures and for guarding the text against any errors.• Or so the scriptures tell us.ScriptureScripture[uncountable] (also the (Holy) Scriptures [plural])RRC the Biblethe way God is portrayed in Scripture →scriptureOriginscripture(1300-1400)Latinscriptura"something written", from scribere; → SCRIBE