[scrip.ture] n [ME, fr. LL scriptura, fr. L, act or product of writing, fr. scriptus] (14c) 1 a (1) cap: the books of the Bible--often used in pl. (2) often cap: a passage from the Bible b: a body of writings considered sacred or authoritative
2: something written "the primitive man's awe for any ~ --George Santayana"