The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scripturist
Scripturist \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.