different between tabellion vs scrivener

English

Etymology

From Latin tabelli?.

Noun

tabellion (plural tabellions)

1. (historical) An official scribe who had some of the minor functions of a notary in the Roman Empire and pre-revolutionary France.

See also

• notary
• scrivener

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• ballotine

French

Etymology

From Latin tabelli?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.b?.lj??/

Noun

tabellion m (plural tabellions)

1. (historical) tabellion
2. (derogatory) lawyer, solicitor

Further reading

• “tabellion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English scryvener, alteration of scryveyn, from Anglo-Norman scrivein (“professional penman, copyist”), from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scriba, *scribanem, from Latin scriba, from scr?b? (“I write”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sk??vn?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sk??v?n??/

Noun

scrivener (plural scriveners)

1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
   • 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, 3.6

     Scrivener (enters with a paper in hand):

     Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings,

     Which in a set hand fairly in engrossed

     That is may be today read o'er in Paul's.

     And mark how well the sequel hangs together:

     Eleven hours I have spent to write it over...

2. (obsolete) One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.
3. A writing master.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Synonyms

• amanuensis
• scribe
• tabellion

Translations

See also

• notary

References

• scrivener in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• scrivener in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.