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
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 James Fenimore Cooper
It showed men how to understand certain passages of sacred writ respecting the earth and heavenly bodies which they had before misinterpreted.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
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 Elbert Hubbard
They would sooner steal ten novels than one copy of the sacred writ.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by James Fenimore Cooper
