scribal
scribal
Definition
scribal (skrī′bəl)
adjective
- of scribes, or writers
- 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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