Holy Writ

English

Alternative forms

Holy Writs

Etymology

From Middle English Holi Writ, from Old English hāliġ ġewrit (“scripture”, literally “holy writing”).

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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