Script'ūr-ist, n.

(skript/yūr-ist), n. One strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who regulates his life by them.

The Puritan was a Scripturist,—a Scripturist with all his heart, if as yet with imperfect intelligence . . . he cherished the scheme of looking to the word of God as his sole and universal directory. Palfrey.