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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Solange Charas, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
In the seventh century BCE, a generation or so before the princess was born, that scribe, called Nabû-shuma-iddin, was pressing a reed stylus into a lump of wet clay.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
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Noun
By 1500, more than 20 million books had been printed in Europe—more than the entire output of scribes over the previous thousand years.
—Solange Charas, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Despite having Hunger Games‘ Francis Lawrence’s name on the pic as director, and rising genre scribe JT Mollner, the pic stars plenty of fresh faces and carries what looks to be an anti-military message in its trailers, which is bound to upset the middle of the country.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Boys and The Vampire Diaries scribe Rebecca Sonnenshine adapted the book for the pic, which is produced by Todd Lieberman, Laura Fischer and Feig.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
In the seventh century BCE, a generation or so before the princess was born, that scribe, called Nabû-shuma-iddin, was pressing a reed stylus into a lump of wet clay.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scribe
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“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scribe. Accessed 18 Sep. 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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