a. [ L. scriptorius, fr. scribere, scriptum to write. ] Of or pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used in writing; as, scriptory wills; a scriptory reed. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scriptura, fr. scribere, scriptum, to write: cf. OF. escripture, escriture, F. écriture. See Scribe. ] 1. Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have put it in scripture and in remembrance. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the tomb, the which was in Latin. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The books of the Old and the New Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; -- used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is not any action a man ought to do, or to forbear, but the Scripture will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compared with the knowledge which the Scriptures contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A passage from the Bible; a text. [ 1913 Webster ]

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful Scripture. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]