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Holy Writ

 noun
     
Related topics: Christianity
Holy Writ [uncountable]
1 writing or instructions that people treat as if it were completely true in every detail:
Lenin's word was by no means accepted as holy writ.
2 old-fashionedRRC the Bible
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