Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Biblical scholar; a scripturist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A Scripturist.
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Examples
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One, a great scripturian, fixed himself behind the door with pen and ink, in order to take down the discourse in short-hand; but the Almighty Being anointed me with such a portion of his Spirit, that he cast away his paper and pen, and heard the discourse with patience, and was much affected, for the
Elizabeth : a colored minister of the gospel, born in slavery, 1765?-1866 Elizabeth 1889
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One, a great scripturian, fixed himself behind the door with pen and ink, in order to take down the discourse in short-hand; but the Almighty
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This, in the view of the scripturian incontrovertible truth, is, I conceive, illustrated in the similitude un - der consideration, where the fruit of the vintage is brought together and put into a winepress, the ownerof the vintage gathers together all the gra/ies, no one supposes he has any aversion to his grapes, his aim is to collect the pure juice, and to discard whatever is un - profitable.
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