English > religious text: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity. |
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| Synonyms | sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing |
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| Instances | Adi Granth, Granth, Granth Sahib | The principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus |
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| Avesta, Zend-Avesta | A collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries |
| Bhagavad-Gita, Bhagavadgita, Gita | (Hinduism) the sacred 'song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic) |
| Book of Mormon | A sacred text revealed to Joseph Smith in 1830 by an ancient prophet Mormon |
| Gemara | The second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna |
| Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings | The third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures |
| Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book | The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina |
| Mahabharata, Mahabharatam, Mahabharatum | (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families |
| Mishna, Mishnah | The first part of the Talmud |
| Prophets, Nebiim | The second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures |
| Psalm | One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament |
| Tanakh, Tanach, Hebrew Scripture | The Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings |
| Torah, Pentateuch, Laws | The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit |
| Torah | The whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition |
| Upanishad | A later sacred text of Hinduism of a mystical nature dealing with metaphysical questions |
| Narrower | Apocrypha | 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible |
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| Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word | The sacred writings of the Christian religions |
| Gospel, Gospels, evangel | The four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings |
| Paralipomenon | (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings |
| Pseudepigrapha | 52 texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 but ascribed to various prophets and kings in the Hebrew scriptures |
| Synoptic Gospels, Synoptics | The first three Gospels which describe events in Christ's life from a similar point of view |
| Talmudic literature | (Judaism) ancient rabbinical writings |
| Testament | Either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible |
| Vedic literature, Veda | (from the Sanskrit word for 'knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit |
| mantra | (Sanskrit) literally a 'sacred utterance' in Vedism |
| prayer | A fixed text / text used in praying |
| psalm | Any sacred song used to praise the deity |
| sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature | Any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom |
| scripture, sacred scripture | Any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group |
| service book | A book setting forth the forms of church service |
| Broader | writing, written material, piece of writing | The work of a writer |
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| Spanish | sagradas escrituras, texto religioso, texto sagrado |
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| Catalan | sagrades escriptures, text religiós, text sagrat |
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