sacred writ

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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

With humiliating directness He admonished these learned men of the law, these interpreters of the prophets, these professional expounders of sacred writ, to betake themselves to reading and study.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

Strange that the other inspired penmen should have left altogether unchronicled this touching episode in sacred writ.

From Memories of Bethany by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

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)

Like all devout persons, her faith in the efficacy of sacred writ was strong: and she so much the more lamented her suitor's continued blindness, because it remained after light had shone upon it.

From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore