writ
/ɹɪt/ noun C2- A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
- Authority, power to enforce compliance.
Plural writs
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Besides, the editions of Holy Writ are so numerous that he could hardly suppose that two copies would have the same pagination.
“That proves,” returned the abbé, “that you are like those of Holy Writ, who having eyes see not, and having ears hear not.”
Yet may we shelter ourselves in the infinite goodness of Providence, which would not forever punish the innocent beyond that third or fourth generation which is threatened in Holy Writ.
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