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
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 Hitchcock, 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)
How truly this applies to the persons mentioned in sacred writ!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various
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
