1
: a member of a learned class in ancient Israel through New Testament times studying the Scriptures and serving as copyists, editors, teachers, and jurists
2
a
: an official or public secretary or clerk
b
: a copier of manuscripts
3
: writer
specifically
: journalist
scribed; scribing
1
: to mark a line on by cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument
2
: to make by cutting or scratching
Synonyms
Noun (1)
Verb (2)
Examples of scribe in a Sentence
Noun (1)
variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them
the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings
a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe
Verb (2)
carefully scribed two lines into the wood
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Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
However, his latest movie, the $50M Miramax financed and Sony released Here, which brings back together the Gump gang of Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and scribe Eric Roth, was a situation of technology outshining the story.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
Ambient scribes will reduce physician burnout and improve patient satisfaction as the doctor spends time conversing rather than entering data into a chart.
—Bill Frist, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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Verb
The fourth movie in this series has the good backstory drama, the icon finally sitting in the captain’s seat, and it’s also got the best banter with Elise’s trusty assistants, played by Angus Sampson and original Insidious scribe Leigh Whannell.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
However, his latest movie, the $50M Miramax financed and Sony released Here, which brings back together the Gump gang of Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and scribe Eric Roth, was a situation of technology outshining the story.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
Guy Busick, scribe of 2022’s Scream and Scream VI, is penning the screenplay.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
Ambient scribes will reduce physician burnout and improve patient satisfaction as the doctor spends time conversing rather than entering data into a chart.
—Bill Frist, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scribe. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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scribe
1 of 2 noun1
: a scholar of the Jewish law in New Testament times
2
a
: a public secretary or clerk
b
: a person who copies manuscripts
scribe
2 of 2 verb
scribed; scribing
: to mark or make by cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument
Etymology
Noun
Middle English scribe "one of a class of scholars and copiers of the Scriptures in ancient Israel," from Latin scriba "official writer," from scribere "to write" — related to circumscribe, description, scribble, scripture, shrove tuesday
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