religious writing
English Thesaurus
1. writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | piece of writing, writing, written material, |
| definition | : | the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sacred scripture, scripture, |
| definition | : | any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | paralipomenon, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | testament, |
| definition | : | either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | evangel, gospel, gospels, |
| definition | : | the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | synoptic gospels, synoptics, |
| definition | : | the first three Gospels which describe events in Christ's life from a similar point of view (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | prayer, |
| definition | : | a fixed text used in praying (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | service book, |
| definition | : | a book setting forth the forms of church service (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | apocrypha, |
| definition | : | 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature, |
| definition | : | any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | pseudepigrapha, |
| definition | : | 52 texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 but ascribed to various prophets and kings in the Hebrew scriptures; many are apocalyptic in nature (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | talmudic literature, |
| definition | : | (Judaism) ancient rabbinical writings (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | veda, vedic literature, |
| definition | : | (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | mantra, |
| definition | : | (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | psalm, |
| definition | : | any sacred song used to praise the deity (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | adi granth, granth, granth sahib, |
| definition | : | the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | avesta, zend-avesta, |
| definition | : | a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | bhagavad-gita, bhagavadgita, gita, |
| definition | : | (Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | mahabharata, mahabharatam, mahabharatum, |
| definition | : | (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | laws, pentateuch, torah, |
| definition | : | the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | torah, |
| definition | : | the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | hebrew scripture, tanach, tanakh, |
| definition | : | the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | nebiim, prophets, |
| definition | : | the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | hagiographa, ketubim, writings, |
| definition | : | the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | book of mormon, |
| definition | : | a sacred text revealed to Joseph Smith in 1830 by an ancient prophet Mormon; supposedly a record of ancient peoples of America translated by Joseph Smith (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | al-qur'an, book, koran, quran, |
| definition | : | the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | gemara, |
| definition | : | the second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | mishna, mishnah, |
| definition | : | the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200 (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | upanishad, |
| definition | : | a later sacred text of Hinduism of a mystical nature dealing with metaphysical questions (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | psalm, |
| definition | : | one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David (noun.communication) |
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