Scrip″tur‐ist (?; 135), n. One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate 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.