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
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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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Erin Brodwin, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Though a director is not yet attached, the film will be penned by franchise scribe John Hamburg.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Erin Brodwin, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
We’re told Auburn landed the job after a long search, beating out maybe 200 scribes in the process.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Verb
As a result, scribes prioritize, organize and surface various pieces of information in different ways and at different times.
—Erin Brodwin, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Though a director is not yet attached, the film will be penned by franchise scribe John Hamburg.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
Different scribes also integrate with different electronic health record vendors, from Epic and Cerner to Athenahealth and Meditech.
—Erin Brodwin, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
We’re told Auburn landed the job after a long search, beating out maybe 200 scribes in the process.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scribe. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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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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