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Sacred Writ

American  

noun

  1. Scripture.


Example Sentences

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While still treated as sacred writ, the constitution no longer described the nation’s existing system of governance.

From The Guardian

There is a sacred writ of intelligence officers never to get involved in creating policy.

From New York Times

As Rabbi Falcon puts it, sacred writ contains passages of universal, eternal importance as well as statements that responded to particular historical circumstances, like the needs of a nomadic people in the distant past.

From Economist

The donor’s wishes are a sacred writ that allows for the survival and enlargement of the public’s access to art.

From Washington Post

Then, if he turn not to the pages of sacred writ for an answer, he will find written on the living pages and animated forms of all nature the promise of another life.

From Project Gutenberg