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scribal Definition

scribal (skrībəl)

adjective

  1. of scribes, or writers
  2. arising from the process of writing a scribal error

scribal Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • error: Two of them single out four words which are not correct in the Qur'an; they are scribal errors.
  • correction: Moreover, sophisticated scanning has been used to highlight aspects of the manuscript, such as scribal corrections.
  • publication: The pages reproduced here give a flavor of what, in a slightly different context, has been called ' scribal publication ' .
  • tradition: Jesus did not stand within the scribal traditions of his time.
  • addition: Scribal additions, for instance, are marked up with the element add: Here the scribe added add an /add indefinite article.
  • culture: Yet the conditions of scribal culture can only be observed through a veil of print.

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