聖典(せいてん)

せいてん
noun
sacred scripture; holy text; canon
1. sacred scripture; holy text; canon
sacred scripture; holy text; canon
聖典(せいてん)を読(よ)む。
To read sacred scripture.
この宗教(しゅうきょう)の聖典(せいてん)は何百年(なんびゃくねん)も前(まえ)に書(か)かれた。
The sacred texts of this religion were written hundreds of years ago.
聖典(せいてん)の教(おし)えに基(もと)づいて生活(せいかつ)する人々(ひとびと)が世界中(せかいじゅう)にいる。
There are people all over the world who live their lives based on the teachings of sacred scriptures.

A general term for authoritative religious texts regarded as sacred or divinely inspired. Can refer to the Bible, the Quran, Buddhist sutras, or the scriptures of any religion.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 聖典(せいてん)の教(おし)え: teachings of the scriptures
  • 聖典(せいてん)を学(まな)ぶ: to study the scriptures
  • 聖典(せいてん)研究(けんきゅう): scriptural studies

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 経典(きょうてん): sutra, religious text — often specifically Buddhist scriptures
  • 聖書(せいしょ): the Bible — specifically the Christian scripture
  • 教典(きょうてん): religious canon — the body of authoritative texts of a particular faith
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