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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Aaron Weitzman, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
Bond scribes Neal Purvis and Rob Wade were attached to pen that, with Stephen Frears circling, but Broccoli and Wilson put the kibosh to the idea due to creative differences.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Erin Brodwin, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
The rest of the scribes were more concerned with the buffet and caffeine sources.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Driving the news: At the conference, scribe giant Abridge announced a $250 million Series D — co-led by Elad Gil and IVP — at a reported valuation of $2.75 billion.
—Aaron Weitzman, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
Bond scribes Neal Purvis and Rob Wade were attached to pen that, with Stephen Frears circling, but Broccoli and Wilson put the kibosh to the idea due to creative differences.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
Companies have used them in efforts like medical scribes, patient medication adherence tools and mental health monitors.
—Erin Brodwin, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
The rest of the scribes were more concerned with the buffet and caffeine sources.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scribe. Accessed 4 Mar. 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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