noun
- people who write documents by hand for others, especially before the widespread use of printing; professional copyists or scribes
Usage: historical; archaic
Examples
- Medieval scriveners carefully copied manuscripts in monasteries.
- The scriveners worked long hours transcribing legal documents.
- Before typewriters, scriveners were essential for creating official papers.
- Many scriveners specialized in copying religious texts.
- The guild of scriveners maintained high standards for their craft.
- Wealthy merchants employed scriveners to handle their correspondence.