scriptory

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/ˈskɹɪptəɹi/

adjective

Of or pertaining to writing; expressed or used in writing; written.

“scriptory work”

OriginLatin scriptorius →
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Meanings

adjectivescriptory (not comparable)
  1. datednot comparableOf or pertaining to writing; expressed or used in writing; written.

    scriptory work

    4 more examples

    scriptory evidence

    scriptory declaration

    And with such differences of reeds, vallatory, sagittary, scriptory, and others, they might be furnished in Judæa.

    c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC

    that of wills duo sunt genera, nuncupatory and scriptory;

    1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section II”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinscriptorius
  2. Englishscriptory

From Latin scriptorius, from scribo (“to write”).

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APA

scriptory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriptory

MLA

“scriptory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriptory. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scriptory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scriptory.

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