English
scripturalist
From scriptural + -ist.
A compound of scripture + -al + scriptural
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō ‘to carve’
Latin scrībō ‘to write’
Latin scrīptūra ‘a writing, something written’
Middle English scripture
English scripture
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō ‘to carve’
Latin scrībō ‘to write’
Latin scrīptūra ‘a writing, something written’
Middle English scripture
English scripture
English scriptural
Today it means
noun One who adheres literally to the Scriptures.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “scripturalist”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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