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Quotation dates: 1561
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Scripturar, n. [Scriptur(e n. Cf. 17th c. Eng. scripturarian (1678).] One who makes Scripture the sole authority for religious belief. — 1561 Q. Kennedy Compendious Ressonyng (ed.) 159/33.
And ȝe be sua scrupulows scripturaris that ȝe will do na thing bot as Christ did … ȝe will … condemp ȝour awin doingis
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