Scriptural

//ˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃəɹəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or in accordance with scripture. not-comparable

    "When explicated in Augustine’s On Christian Teaching or in Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, the ordo amoris emerges as a concept that is both cogent on its own terms—reciprocal obligations incurred through birth and upbringing are, after all, self-evidently stronger than those we freely undertake through choice or circumstance—and entirely consistent with the moral grammar of the scriptural witness."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible wordnet
  2. 2
    written or relating to writing wordnet

Synonyms

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biblicalacceptedapocalypticapostolicapprovedauthentic

Example

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"When explicated in Augustine’s On Christian Teaching or in Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae, the ordo amoris emerges as a concept that is both cogent on its own terms—reciprocal obligations incurred through birth and upbringing are, after all, self-evidently stronger than those we freely undertake through choice or circumstance—and entirely consistent with the moral grammar of the scriptural witness."

Etymology

From scripture + -al.

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