sacred writing
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- noun
- /ˈseɪkrɪd ˈraɪtɪŋ/
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escritura sagrada
- It is part of the basic culture of Jews to be paranoid; it is taught within their sacred writings and embedded in their ritual.
So that's, that's before any sacred writing of any world religion is put down.
- So that's, that's before any sacred writing of any world religion is put down.
Examples
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So that's, that's before any sacred writing of any world religion is put down.
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As St. John Chrysostom wrote: "They have the prophets but do not believe them; they read the sacred writings but reject their witness—and this is a mark of men guilty of the greatest outrage."
Blog text (28) -
Inside are the sacred writings of his people.
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It then says it should be written in sacred writing, native writing and Greek writing.
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We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings that "except ... the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it."
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The word of Jesus Christ reaches us first of all through the entire tradition of the Christian community, especially as concretized in the sacred writings of the New Testament.
Academic text (1991) -
The authority of these scriptural texts likely stemmed from the faith community's recognition of the power of sacred writings to signify meaning about the divine.
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When he had prepared all the metals, he hammered out sheets of copper, thin as parchment, and brought them to his scribe, who purified himself for sacred writing by ritual immersion, prayer, and meditation.
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The Bible is one of the most well-known sacred writings in Christianity.
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Many religions have their own sacred writings that guide the beliefs and practices of their followers.
Synonyms
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Sacred writings a religion accepts as true and important, like the Bible or Quran
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A book or writing that people respect and use in worship in a religion
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A book or writing that people treat as holy in a religion
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A holy text that a religion treats as true and that guides people's lives
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A text seen as holy and used for worship or teaching in a religion
How Sacred
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'sacred writing' is compositionally straightforward: 'sacred' (holy) modifies 'writing' (a text), so the combined meaning — a text regarded as holy — follows directly from the constituents. This adjective+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Sacred writing comes from the simple idea of sacred words on writing that people treat as 'holy'. In old times, priests and scribes copied and cared for these pages by hand as if they were messages from a god, so the phrase now means a text used in 'worship' or seen as 'holy'.