SACRED SCRIPTURE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group

Synonyms:

sacred scripture; scripture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sacred scripture" is a kind of...):

religious text; religious writing; sacred text; sacred writing (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sacred scripture"):

canon (a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired)

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