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holy writ

noun, often capitalized H&W

Definition of holy writ

1 : bible sense 1
2 : a writing or utterance having unquestionable authority its financial precepts were not necessarily Holy Writ— Herbert Stein

First Known Use of holy writ

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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