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[ skrahyb ]
/ skraɪb /
noun
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
a public clerk or writer, usually one having official status.
Also called sopher, sofer. Judaism.
one of the group of Palestinian scholars and teachers of Jewish law and tradition, active from the 5th century b.c. to the 1st century a.d., who transcribed, edited, and interpreted the Bible.
a writer or author, especially a journalist.
verb (used without object), scribed, scrib·ing.
to act as a scribe; write.
verb (used with object), scribed, scrib·ing.
to write down.
Origin of scribe
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1350–1400; Middle English < Latin
scrība clerk, derivative of
scrībere to write
OTHER WORDS FROM scribe
scrib·al, adjective un·scrib·al, adjectiveWords nearby scribe
scriabin,
scribble,
scribbler,
scribbling block,
scribbly gum,
scribe,
scriber,
scrim,
scrimmage,
scrimmage line,
scrimp
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British Dictionary definitions for scribal (1 of 2)
scribe
/ (skraɪb) /
noun
verb
to score a line on (a surface) with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
Derived forms of scribe
scribal, adjectiveWord Origin for scribe
(in the senses: writer, etc) C14: from Latin
scrība clerk, from
scrībere to write; C17 (vb): perhaps from
inscribe
British Dictionary definitions for scribal (2 of 2)
Scribe
/ (French skrib) /
noun
Augustin Eugène (oɡystɛ̃ øʒɛn). 1791–1861, French author or coauthor of over 350 vaudevilles, comedies, and libretti for light opera