English
Scripturist
From Scripture + -ist.
Formed from Scripture + -ist
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 Someone who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavours to live by them.
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Etymograph / Scripturist