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What (who) is Scribe - definition

PERSON WHO WROTE OR COPIED MANUSCRIPTS

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scribe

¦ noun

1. historical a person who copied out documents.

informal, often humorous a writer, especially a journalist.

2. Jewish History an ancient Jewish record-keeper or, later, a professional theologian and jurist.

3. (also scriber or scribe awl) a pointed instrument used for making marks to guide a saw or in signwriting.

¦ verb

1. chiefly literary write.

2. mark with a pointed instrument.

Derivatives

scribal adjective

Origin

ME: from L. scriba, from scribere 'write'; the verb is perh. partly a shortening of describe.

scribe

n.

1.

Writer, penman, chirographer, chirographist.

2.

Clerk, secretary, notary, amanuensis, copyist, scrivener.

Scribe

·vi To make a mark.

II. Scribe ·vt To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

III. Scribe ·vt To write, engrave, or mark upon; to Inscribe.

IV. Scribe ·noun A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.

V. Scribe ·noun One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.

VI. Scribe ·vt To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like;

- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.

Wikipedia

Scribe

A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing.

The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its prominence and status with the advent of the printing press. The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as secretarial and administrative duties such as the taking of dictation and keeping of business, judicial, and historical records for kings, nobles, temples, and cities. The profession has developed into public servants, journalists, accountants, bookkeepers, typists, and lawyers. In societies with low literacy rates, street-corner letter-writers (and readers) may still be found providing scribe service.

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Examples of use of Scribe

1. Douglas Wilder, now the mayor of Richmond, told the scribe.

2. Muhammad Razaq uncle of deceased told this scribe that Yassir Zahur was rickshaw driver by profession.

3. Scholars believe a scribe copied them onto the goatskin parchment from the original Greek scrolls.

4. Especially for a certain black scribe who grew up during the reign of Jim Crow.

5. In the past, scribe work was done by educated nuns, known as evangelitas.