Buddhist Scripture

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• scripture — noun 1 also the (Holy) Scriptures (U) the Bible 2 (C, U) the holy books of a particular religion: Buddhist scriptures 3 (U) old fashioned the study of the Bible, taught as a school subject …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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