English
scripturism
From Scripture + -ism.
Formed from Scripture + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō ‘to carve’
Latin scrībō ‘to write’
Latin scrīptum
Latin scrīptūra ‘a writing, scripture’
English Scripture
Today it means
noun Adherence to the Scriptures.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “scripturism”. 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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