sacred writ
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 • Jan. 7, 2020
They would sooner steal ten novels than one copy of the sacred writ.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore
Shakespeare writes— "From the table of my memory I'll wipe away all saws of books," and elsewhere of another of his characters he says that "his weapons" were "holy saws of sacred writ."
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
How truly this applies to the persons mentioned in sacred writ!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various
One-third of the human race love and cherish his memory, and repeat his words as sacred writ.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert
