scriptural

English

Etymology

From scripture +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: skrĭpˈ-chə-rəl, -cho͝o-rəl, -shrəl
  • IPA(key): /ˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃəɹəl/, /ˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃʊɹəl/, /ˈskɹɪp.ʃɹəl/

Adjective

scriptural (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or in accordance with scripture.
    • 2025 January 31, James Orr, “JD Vance States the Obvious About Ordo Amoris”, in First Things[1], archived from the original on 8 February 2025:
      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.

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Adjective

scriptural (feminine scripturale, masculine plural scripturaux, feminine plural scripturales)

  1. scriptural
  2. (relational) writing; having to do with writing or written words.

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