Definitions
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- noun The
Bible . - noun The
sacred writings of theChristian religion . - noun The
sacred writings of any religion.
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- noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
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Examples
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Yet may we shelter ourselves in the infinite goodness of Providence, which would not for ever punish the innocent beyond that third or fourth generation which is threatened in Holy Writ.
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As, according to the testimony of Holy Writ, the furnace tries gold and the fire of tribulation proves the just, so did the hour of his trial draw near to Patrick, that he might the more provedly receive the crown of life.
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According to Holy Writ, man's first calling was agriculture, or, perhaps, horticulture would better express it.
How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Major A.R. Calhoon
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Now the order of charity which was given above (Q. 26) is nowhere indicated in Holy Writ.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Yet may we shelter ourselves in the infinite goodness of Providence, which would not for ever punish the innocent beyond that third or fourth generation which is threatened in Holy Writ.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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Yet may we shelter ourselves in the infinite goodness of Providence, which would not for ever punish the innocent beyond that third or fourth generation which is threatened in Holy Writ.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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Yet may we shelter ourselves in the infinite goodness of Providence, which would not for ever punish the innocent beyond that third or fourth generation which is threatened in Holy Writ.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926
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The precise limits of its territory are not, given in Holy Writ.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Wherefore it is not needful for him to take the truth according to accidents, and that he should understand all figures of speech which are in Holy Writ.
The Following of Christ. c. 1300-1361 1910
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He argued, about 1568, that excommunication has no certain warrant in Holy Writ, under a Christian prince.
John Knox and the Reformation Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 1905
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