noun
Meaning 1
The Bible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Holy Writ
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
The sacred writings of the Christian religion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The sacred writings of any religion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
Unquestionable truth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- to accept something as Holy Writ; to take something as Holy Writ
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gospel truth
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Alternative spelling of Holy Writ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 6
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he went to carry the Word to the heathen
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Scripture, Word of God, Word
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
Narrower terms: family Bible, Vulgate, Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version, Authorized Version, King James Version, King James Bible, Revised Version, New English Bible, American Standard Version, American Revised Version, Revised Standard Version
History
Etymology
From Middle English Holi Writ, hali writ, from Old English hāliġ ġewrit (“scripture”, literally “holy writing”). By surface analysis, holy + writ (“scripture, writing”).
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: Светото писание (Svetoto pisanie) — Bible
- Burmese: သမ္မာကျမ်းစာ (samma-kyam:ca) — Bible
- Chinese Mandarin: 聖經 /圣经 (shèngjīng) — Bible
- Finnish: Pyhä kirja — Bible
- French: Saintes Écritures — Bible
- French: Bible — Bible
- German: Heilige Schrift — Bible
- Greek: Αγία Γραφή (Agía Grafí) — Bible
- Hungarian: Szentírás — Bible
- Japanese: 聖書 (seisho) — Bible
- Korean: 성경 (seonggyeong) — Bible
- Korean: 성서 (seongseo) — Bible
- Portuguese: Sagrada Escritura — Bible
- Portuguese: Bíblia — Bible
- Russian: Свяще́нное писа́ние (Svjaščénnoje pisánije) — Bible
- Russian: би́блия (bíblija) — Bible
- Spanish: Sagrada Escritura — Bible
- Spanish: Sagradas Escrituras — Bible
- Spanish: Biblia — Bible
- Swedish: den heliga Skrift — Bible
- Finnish: pyhät kirjoitukset — Christian sacred writings
- Greek: Αγία Γραφή (Agía Grafí) — Christian sacred writings
- Spanish: Sagradas Escrituras — Christian sacred writings
- Estonian: pühakiri — any sacred writings
- Finnish: pyhät kirjoitukset — any sacred writings
- Greek: ιερό κείμενο (ieró keímeno) — any sacred writings
- Portuguese: texto sacro/sagrado — any sacred writings
- Punjabi: ਕਤੇਬ (kateb) — any sacred writings
- Punjabi: کَتیب (kateb) — any sacred writings
- Tocharian B: śāstär — any sacred writings