Holy Writ

English

Alternative forms

Holy Writs

Etymology

From Middle English Holi Writ, from Old English hāliġ ġewrit (“scripture”, literally “holy writing”), attested variously in: on hāligum ġewritum, Ðæs hālgan gewrites, etc.; equivalent to holy +‎ writ.

Noun

Holy Writ (usually uncountable, plural Holy Writs)

The Bible.
The sacred writings of the Christian religion.
The sacred writings of any religion.

Translations

Bible

Burmese: သမ္မာကျမ်းစာ (samma-kyam:ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聖經 (zh), 圣经 (zh) (shèngjīng)
Finnish: Pyhä kirja
French: Saintes Écritures (fr) f pl, Bible (fr) f
German: Heilige Schrift f

Greek: Αγία Γραφή (el) f (Agía Grafí)
Japanese: 聖書 (ja) (せいしょ, seisho)
Korean: 성경 (ko) (seonggyeong), 성서 (ko) (seongseo)
Portuguese: Sagrada Escritura f, Bíblia (pt) f
Russian: Свяще́нное писа́ние n (Svjaščénnoje pisánije), би́блия (ru) f (bíblija)
Spanish: Sagrada Escritura (es) f, Sagradas Escrituras f pl, Biblia (es) f

Christian sacred writings

Finnish: pyhät kirjoitukset
Greek: Αγία Γραφή (el) f (Agía Grafí)

Spanish: Sagradas Escrituras f pl

any sacred writings

Finnish: pyhät kirjoitukset
Greek: ιερό κείμενο n (ieró keímeno)

Portuguese: texto sacro/sagrado m

Anagrams

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