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Definition of Holy writ

Holy writ
Holy water (Gr. & R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred purposes. Holy-water stoup, the stone stoup or font placed near the entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water. Holy Week (Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. Holy writ, the sacred Scriptures. `` Word of holy writ.' --Wordsworth.

Meaning of Holy writ from wikipedia

- religious texts considered to be "especially authoritative", revered and "holy writ", "sacred, canonical", or of "supreme authority, special status" to a...
- virtues are not made known to us, save by Divine revelation, contained in Holy Writ". The first mention in Christian literature of the three theological virtues...
- by them, this treatise was composed, according to the precepts of the Holy Writ, for the benefit of the world, by Vatsyayana, while leading the life of...
- substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy Writ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature...
- anthology of human authors' beliefs and feelings about God rather than the Holy Writ and that multiple interpretations of the Scriptures are acceptable. Liberal...
- Testament. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Tavard, George H. (1959). Holy Writ or Holy Church. London: Burns & Oates. pp. 16–17. Canons and Decrees of the...
- Look up writ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A writ is a legal do****ent. Writ may also refer to: Writ of election, a writ issued by a state ordering...
- from the Works of Shakespeare, compared with Sacred P****ages drawn from Holy Writ n.p., 1859. Jaeger, Ronald W. "A Biblical Allusion in Shakespeare's Sonnet...
- substance of Bread and Wine) in the supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ; but is repugnant to the plain words of scripture, overthroweth the nature...
- and many other sins, and despise and stop holy writ, as much as they can, yet the commoners cry after holy writ, to know it, and keep it, with great cost...