Writings

the act of a person or thing that writes.
written form:
to commit one’s thoughts to writing.
that which is written; characters or matter written with a pen or the like:
his writing is illegible.
such characters or matter with respect to style, kind, quality, etc.
an inscription.
a letter.
any written or printed paper, as a doc-ment or deed.
literary or musical style, form, quality, technique, etc.:
her writing is stilted.
a literary composition or production.
the profession of a writer:
he turned to writing at an early age.
the writings, hagiographa.
writing on the wall. handwriting (def 4).
the third of the three jewish divisions of the old testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the psalms, proverbs, job, song of solomon, ruth, lamentations, ecclesiastes, esther, daniel, ezra, nehemiah, and chronicles.
contemporary examples

doug kenney: the odd comic genius behind ‘animal house’ and national lampoon robert sam anson february 28, 2014
michael clinton: how to become a globe-trotter michael clinton march 3, 2013
sor juana: mexico’s most erotic poet and its most dangerous nun katie baker november 7, 2014
how “patriots” changed me david frum may 17, 2012
kenya has its own machu picchu—the lost town of gedi nina strochlic september 17, 2014

historical examples

the jessica letters: an editor’s romance paul elmer more
the works of whittier, volume vi (of vii) john greenleaf whittier
the life of friedrich schiller thomas carlyle
life: its true genesis r. w. wright
the miscellaneous writings and speeches of lord macaulay, vol. 3. (of 4) thomas babington macaulay

plural noun
the writings, another term for the hagiographa
noun
a group of letters or symbols written or marked on a surface as a means of communicating ideas by making each symbol stand for an idea, concept, or thing, by using each symbol to represent a set of sounds grouped into syllables (syllabic writing), or by regarding each symbol as corresponding roughly or exactly to each of the sounds in the language (alphabetic writing) see also ideogram
short for handwriting
anything expressed in letters, esp a literary composition
the work of a writer
literary style, art, or practice
written form: give it to me in writing
(modifier) related to or used in writing: writing ink
writing on the wall, a sign or signs of approaching disaster
noun
the third of the three main parts into which the books of the old testament are divided in jewish tradition (the other two parts being the law and the prophets), comprising psalms, proverbs, job, the song of solomon, ruth, lamentations, ecclesiastes, esther, daniel, ezra, nehemiah, and chronicles also called writings
n.