Scripturist
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavours to live by them.
"The Puritan was a Scripturist,—a Scripturist with all his heart, if, as yet, with imperfect intelligence. […] [H]e cherished the scheme of looking to the Word of God as his sole and universal directory."
Example
More examples"The Puritan was a Scripturist,—a Scripturist with all his heart, if, as yet, with imperfect intelligence. […] [H]e cherished the scheme of looking to the Word of God as his sole and universal directory."
Etymology
From Scripture + -ist.
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