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 • May 3, 2022

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 • Aug. 22, 2018

The Knowledge says that London is Holy Writ, a great mystery to be pored over, and that a corps of municipal Talmudists must be delegated to that task.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2014

The Coens present the novel's dialogue more or less as written; indeed they revere it as Holy Writ.

From Time • Dec. 22, 2010

Since a Suggestion from the Master is a Command not unlike Holy Writ, I shall digress and comply at the same Time.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck