scripture
Example Sentences
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By 1534, Henry’s bishops were urging the king to authorize a new English translation of the Scriptures to help unify his realm.
Scripture reading at 8:30 each morning for all who were in the house was another of the fixed points around which life in the Beje revolved.
From Literature
What Scripture doesn’t command, ad nauseam or otherwise, is the coercion of other people to do those things or to pay for them.
Rosenzweig reminded readers that miqra, the Hebrew term for Scripture, means “that which is called” or “that which is read aloud.”
“There’s a Scripture,” he said: “Let him without sin—I forget where it is.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
