Scripturist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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