Sacred Writ

American  

noun

1. Scripture.

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Example Sentences

But the declaration of Sacred Writ is, "One event happeneth to all."

From Woman As She Should Be or, Agnes Wiltshire by Herbert, Mary E.

When Dr. Jeffries repeated to him the soothing words of Sacred Writ, "Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me," the dying statesman exclaimed, "Yes; that is what I want, Thy rod; Thy staff!"

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley

But really with all due respect to Sacred Writ, I could never accept that serpent story without considerable salt.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

Of all we read, the Sacred Writ is best, Where great truths are in fewest words express'd.

From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Denham, John, Sir

Therefore it was not the subject of a general commandment set down in Sacred Writ, but of a certain interior revelation of the Holy Ghost, as stated above.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint