- Holy Writ
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The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary.. 2014.
The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary.. 2014.
Holy writ — Holy Ho ly, a. [Compar. {Holier}; superl. {Holiest}.] [OE. holi, hali, AS. h[=a]lig, fr. h[ae]l health, salvation, happiness, fr. h[=a]l whole, well; akin to OS. h?lag, D. & G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Holy Writ — n [U] 1.) writing or instructions that people treat as if it were completely true in every detail ▪ Lenin s word was by no means accepted as holy writ. 2.) old fashioned the Bible … Dictionary of contemporary English
Holy Writ — ► NOUN ▪ sacred writings collectively, especially the Bible … English terms dictionary
Holy Writ — n. the Bible … English World dictionary
holy writ — noun Usage: often capitalized H&W Date: before 12th century 1. bible 1 2. a writing or utterance having unquestionable authority < its financial precepts were not necessarily Holy Writ Herbert Stein > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Holy Writ — Holy Scriptures, Bible; something having unquestionable authority … English contemporary dictionary
Holy Writ — the Scriptures. [bef. 1000; ME holi writ, OE halige writu (pl.)] * * * … Universalium
Holy Writ — Ho′ly Writ′ n. rel Scripture 1) • Etymology: bef. 1000 … From formal English to slang
holy writ — Bible, Scriptures, Sacred Scriptures, Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments … New dictionary of synonyms
Holy Writ — noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions he went to carry the Word to the heathen • Syn: ↑Bible, ↑Christian Bible, ↑Book, ↑Good Book, ↑Holy Scripture, ↑Scripture, ↑Word of God, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Holy Writ — noun a) The Bible. b) The sacred writings of the Christian religion … Wiktionary