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

The word here is not the eternal Logos, but God’s revealed truth as given in Holy writ.

From The Theology of Holiness by Clark, Dougan

Holy writ telleth us where a tree falls it must lie; we are taughte that our prayers may free souls from purgatorie.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various

Do modern geological discoveries agree with Holy writ?

From Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index Second Edition by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Therefore, by God's help, I am determined to do my best, admonished by another sentiment of Holy writ, 'Let not him that putteth on the harness boast as he that putteth it off.'—Christmas morn.

From Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York by Lyth, John

Holy writ, aided by the infallibility of the teachings of the Church, etc., were adduced as the proofs he required.

From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir