Both Uses of "writ" in "The Pardoner's Tale"

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Both Uses

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The Pardoner's Tale
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The Holy Writ take I to my witness, That luxury is in wine and drunkenness.†
*except In Holy Writ ye may yourselves read; 'Against* an old man, hoar upon his head, *to meet Ye should arise:' therefore I you rede,* *advise Ne do unto an old man no harm now, No more than ye would a man did you In age, if that ye may so long abide.†
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(1) (writ as in: writ from the court)
an order issued by a court or judicial officer
(2) (writ as in: writ large)
written large an idiom meaning made obvious (as though written in large print)
(3) (writ as in: holy writ)
an unquestionable truth; or a sacred writing -- especially the Bible
(4) (writ as in: writ in her own hand)
archaic way of saying written or wrote
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)