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
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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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
The Musical features original songs by sixteen-time Grammy Award-winner David Foster, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead and a book by Tony Award-winning scribe Bob Martin.
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Verb
That movie was written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and based on the 1973 novel of the same name from author Lois Duncan.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
And tools that listen in during doctor visits (AI scribes) are helping reduce paperwork burnout for physicians.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
The scribe set up his spec Continuum at Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios with Elliott Lester directing and Barry Josephson producing, and his screenplay Black Iris is set up at Richard Saperstein’s Bluestone Entertainment with Christopher MacBride directing and Studio 8 producing.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
The Musical features original songs by sixteen-time Grammy Award-winner David Foster, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead and a book by Tony Award-winning scribe Bob Martin.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scribe. Accessed 26 Apr. 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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