religious text

1. 1.

   writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity

   Synonymssacred textsacred writingreligious writing

   Broaderwriting

   NarrowerscriptureAdi GranthAvestaBhagavad-GitaMahabharataBibleParalipomenonTorahTanakhProphets

Questions about religious text

What does religious text mean?

religious text means "writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity".

What is another word for religious text?

Close synonyms include sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is religious text a common word?

religious text is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.