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writ
1[ rit ]
noun
- Law.
- a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act.
- (in early English law) any formal document in letter form, under seal, and in the sovereign's name.
- something written; a writing:
sacred writ.
writ
2[ rit ]
verb
- a simple past tense and past participle of write.
writ
1/ rɪt /
noun
- law (formerly) a document under seal, issued in the name of the Crown or a court, commanding the person to whom it is addressed to do or refrain from doing some specified act Official nameclaim
- archaic.a piece or body of writing
Holy Writ
writ
2/ rɪt /
verb
- archaic.a past tense and past participle of write
- writ largeplain to see; very obvious
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Origin of writ1
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Example Sentences
Writ in its history are all the ills and passions of the past century.
If only women are getting fired, the reason is not holy writ.
McCain said additional economic sanctions against Russia writ large were also called for.
Baghdadi is unlikely to comply, and Zawahiri has long been unable to enforce his writ on the Iraqi branch of al Qaeda.
This is the issue of assimilation writ in flashing neon lights.
I've got a writ here, Baptiste, and will be glad to have you tell me where this stuff of yours is so I can go and get it.
Here, ma'am, is the writ of subpœny 't calls for her to be a witness in a case of assault an' battery.
So St. Luke writ the gospel having diligently attained to all things.
The Puritans attacked the drama as contrary to Holy Writ, as destructive of religion, and as a menace to public morality.
In his case, as in the case of Spencer Cowper, an attempt was made to obtain a writ of appeal.
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