Holy Writ

American  

noun

1. the Scriptures.

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Holy Writ British  

noun

1. another term for Scripture

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Holy Writ Cultural  

1. Another name for the Bible (see also Bible).

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Figuratively, “holy writ” is any text or document that is presumed to speak with unquestioned authority.

Etymology

Origin of Holy Writ

before 1000; Middle English holi writ, Old English hālige writu (plural)

Example Sentences

Huneven’s fellow congregants must be poring over these pages like Holy Writ searching for signs of their faces and foibles.

From Washington Post

It’s fitting, then, that here Bible draws up his own Holy Writ, both recoiling from religious fervor and bowing to its power.

From New York Times

Analytics border on Holy Writ in baseball front offices and for many sportswriters, and this too acts to strangely diminish stars even in their moment of glory.

From New York Times

When I began to conduct interviews for my 2016 anthology “The Books That Changed My Life,” I was briefly nervous that each person would choose either Holy Writ or Harry Potter.

From Washington Post

Leahy, a strong institutionalist and protector of the Senate’s prerogatives, viewed the blue slip as something akin to a Holy Writ.

From New York Times