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
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Noun (1)
Verb (2)
Examples of scribe in a Sentence
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2024
Maya scribes kept accounts of the astronomical observations in codices, hieroglyphic folding books made from fig bark paper.
—Kimberly H. Breuer, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
For several months now, fifth grader Connor Esterson has been meeting with 64-year-old Green Book scribe Nick Vallelonga and 68-year-old Bad Boys writer George Gallo to develop Little Wiseguy, Esterson’s screenplay about a boy who befriends an aging mobster living next door.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
Reitman and Gil Kenan wrote the screenplay based on their interviews with living cast, scribes and crew about the launch of the show that is currently airing its 49th season.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
The pair had originally been attached to write a Lando TV series, taking over from Dear White People scribe Justin Simien, although the project was put on pause during the writers strike.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2024
Veteran horror scribe Gary Dauberman, known for writing the It and Annabelle films and for helming Annabelle Comes Home, wrote and directed the movie whose distribution plans have been in flux since WarnerMedia, which owned New Line and Warner Bros., merged with Discovery Inc. in spring of 2022.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
Playing the writer is the director and scribe Rafa Alberola from Madrid.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
Big Game Tae is stuck in a backcourt logjam in the Motor City and was beloved here by teammates, coaches, scribes — pretty much everyone.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2024
Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
Writing ourselves into stories The first lesson is that, from ancient Jewish scribes to modern teenage girls, people have been rewriting other people’s stories to reflect their own reality and identities.
—Esther Brownsmith, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2024
The Writer: With a long list of industry credits, this scribe has penned and produced everything from A-list star vehicles to notable genre entries in film and TV.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
Somewhere in between these extremes is the unglamorous, frequently tedious work of chipping away at an idea, a sequence, or line of dialogue that gets to the heart of what a scribe wants to say — or more precisely, hopes to communicate.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
Unsurprisingly the implications of artificial intelligence in healthcare were top of mind for everyone, especially the battle heating up for customers in the AI medical scribe market.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Fast forward to 1440 when Johannes Guttenberg invented the printing press, which was followed by a series of panics, including a group of scribes who, in 1474, petitioned the Republic of Genoa (now Italy) to outlaw the invention.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
Early cuneiform was used by scribes for bookkeeping, Arbøll explained.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
Requiring an abundance of raw material and time to compile, some scholars suspect that there were several scribes — as many as four or five — who worked on the manuscript, shaping the symbols of Voynichese with slight variations throughout the tome.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
Verb
All the Money in the World and Napoleon scribe David Scarpa penned the screenplay.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2024
Maya scribes kept accounts of the astronomical observations in codices, hieroglyphic folding books made from fig bark paper.
—Kimberly H. Breuer, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
For several months now, fifth grader Connor Esterson has been meeting with 64-year-old Green Book scribe Nick Vallelonga and 68-year-old Bad Boys writer George Gallo to develop Little Wiseguy, Esterson’s screenplay about a boy who befriends an aging mobster living next door.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
Reitman and Gil Kenan wrote the screenplay based on their interviews with living cast, scribes and crew about the launch of the show that is currently airing its 49th season.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
The pair had originally been attached to write a Lando TV series, taking over from Dear White People scribe Justin Simien, although the project was put on pause during the writers strike.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2024
Veteran horror scribe Gary Dauberman, known for writing the It and Annabelle films and for helming Annabelle Comes Home, wrote and directed the movie whose distribution plans have been in flux since WarnerMedia, which owned New Line and Warner Bros., merged with Discovery Inc. in spring of 2022.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
Playing the writer is the director and scribe Rafa Alberola from Madrid.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
Big Game Tae is stuck in a backcourt logjam in the Motor City and was beloved here by teammates, coaches, scribes — pretty much everyone.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2024
Noun
The scribe worked on season one of Andor, the acclaimed and Emmy-nominated Star Wars series focused on the character played by Diego Luna.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
Writing ourselves into stories The first lesson is that, from ancient Jewish scribes to modern teenage girls, people have been rewriting other people’s stories to reflect their own reality and identities.
—Esther Brownsmith, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2024
The Writer: With a long list of industry credits, this scribe has penned and produced everything from A-list star vehicles to notable genre entries in film and TV.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
Somewhere in between these extremes is the unglamorous, frequently tedious work of chipping away at an idea, a sequence, or line of dialogue that gets to the heart of what a scribe wants to say — or more precisely, hopes to communicate.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
Unsurprisingly the implications of artificial intelligence in healthcare were top of mind for everyone, especially the battle heating up for customers in the AI medical scribe market.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Fast forward to 1440 when Johannes Guttenberg invented the printing press, which was followed by a series of panics, including a group of scribes who, in 1474, petitioned the Republic of Genoa (now Italy) to outlaw the invention.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
Early cuneiform was used by scribes for bookkeeping, Arbøll explained.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
Requiring an abundance of raw material and time to compile, some scholars suspect that there were several scribes — as many as four or five — who worked on the manuscript, shaping the symbols of Voynichese with slight variations throughout the tome.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scribe. Accessed 19 Apr. 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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