English edit

Etymology edit

scripture +‎ -like

Adjective edit

scripturelike (comparative more scripturelike, superlative most scripturelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of scripture.
    • 1997, David S. Reynolds, Debra J. Rosenthal, The Serpent in the Cup: Temperance in American Literature, page 4:
      As an antiliquor tract, temperance literature was meant, scripturelike, to show drunkards their sinful ways and to lead them to a life of sobriety which would herald financial and social prosperity.