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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] scriba official [[writer]], from scribere to write; akin to [[Greek]] skariphasthai to scratch an [[outline]]

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] scriba official [[writer]], from scribere to write; akin to [[Greek]] skariphasthai to scratch an [[outline]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a member of a learned [[class]] in ancient [[Israel]] through [[New Testament]] times [[studying]] the [[Scripture]]s and serving as copyists, [[editors]], [[teachers]], and jurists.

*1: a member of a learned [[class]] in ancient [[Israel]] through [[New Testament]] times [[studying]] the [[Scripture]]s and serving as copyists, [[editors]], [[teachers]], and jurists.

*3: [[writer]]; specifically : journalist  

*3: [[writer]]; specifically : journalist  

==Description==

==Description==

A '''scribe''' is a [[person]] who writes [[books]] or [[documents]] by hand as a profession and helps the city keep track of its [[records]]. The [[profession]], previously found in all literate cultures in some form, lost most of its importance and [[status]] with the advent of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing printing]. The [[work]] could involve copying [[books]], including [[sacred]] texts, or secretarial and administrative duties such as taking of [[dictation]] and the keeping of [[business]], judicial and historical records for [[kings]], [[nobility]], [[temples]] and cities. Later the profession developed into public servants, journalists, accountants, typists, and lawyers. In [[societies]] with low literacy rates, such as India, street corner letter-writers (and [[readers]]) may still be found providing a service.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribe]

A '''scribe''' is a [[person]] who writes [[books]] or [[documents]] by hand as a profession and helps the city keep track of its [[records]]. The [[profession]], previously found in all literate cultures in some form, lost most of its importance and [[status]] with the advent of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing printing]. The [[work]] could involve copying [[books]], including [[sacred]] texts, or secretarial and administrative duties such as taking of [[dictation]] and the keeping of [[business]], judicial and historical records for [[kings]], [[nobility]], [[temples]] and cities. Later the profession developed into public servants, journalists, accountants, typists, and lawyers. In [[societies]] with low literacy rates, such as India, street corner letter-writers (and [[readers]]) may still be found providing a service.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribe]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]