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Noun scripture has 2 senses
  1. Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word - the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
    --1 is a kind of sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
    --1 has parts: Old Testament; Testament; New Testament; text
    --1 has particulars:
     family Bible; Vulgate; Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version; Authorized Version, King James Version, King James Bible; Revised Version; New English Bible; American Standard Version, American Revised Version; Revised Standard Version
  2. scripture, sacred scripture - any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
    --2 is a kind of sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
    --2 has particulars: canon
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