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  • 11Scriptural Glosses —     Scriptural Glosses     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Scriptural Glosses     I. ETYMOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL MEANINGS     The modern English word gloss is derived directly from the Latin glossa, itself a transcript of the Greek glossa. In classical… …

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  • 12Scriptural Tropology —     Scriptural Tropology     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Scriptural Tropology     The theory and practice of interpreting the figurative meaning of Holy Writ. The literal meaning, or God intended meaning of the words of the Bible, may be either… …

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  • 13Scriptural Way of the Cross — The Scriptural Way of the Cross or Scriptural Stations of the Cross is a version of the traditional Stations of the Cross inaugurated as a Roman Catholic devotion by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday 1991. Thereafter John Paul II performed those… …

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  • 14scriptural — adjective Date: 1641 of, relating to, contained in, or according to a sacred writing; especially biblical • scripturally adverb …

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  • 15Scriptural — Écriture  Pour les articles homonymes, voir Écritures. Pour le terme théorique, voir Écriture littéraire …

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  • 16scriptural — scripturally, adv. scripturalness, n. /skrip cheuhr euhl/, adj. 1. (sometimes cap.) of, pertaining to, or in accordance with sacred writings, esp. the Scriptures. 2. rendered in or related to writing. [1635 45; < LL scripturalis. See SCRIPTURE,&#8230; …

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  • 17scriptural — adjective Of or pertaining to scripture …

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  • 18scriptural — Synonyms and related words: Biblical, Christian, Gospel, Mosaic, New Testament, Old Testament, accepted, apocalyptic, apostolic, approved, authentic, authoritative, autograph, autographic, calligraphic, canonical, chirographic, conventional,&#8230; …

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  • 19scriptural — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. biblical, sacred; prophetic, evangelical, evangelistic, apostolic, inspired, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical. See sacred writings. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Authoritative] Syn. recorded, accepted,&#8230; …

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  • 20scriptural — scrip|tur|al [ˈskrıptʃərəl] adj contained in the Bible or based on the Bible …

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