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Scribal is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Scribal in a sentence

Scribal meaning

Relating to scribes and their work.

Using Scribal

  • The main meaning on this page is: Relating to scribes and their work.
  • In the example corpus, scribal often appears in combinations such as: scribal error, scribal errors.

Context around Scribal

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

error 4× errors 2× license 1× arts 1× realization 1× variants 1×

Sentence patterns with Scribal

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as a scribal error and 1× been a scribal error with 1× error or scribal license 1× heraldry and scribal arts calligraphy 1× is a scribal error 1× millennia some scribal errors have 1× occurred through scribal error or 1× of the scribal errors of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

like the editions 1× many other orthodox 1× other activities include 1× scribal realization of 1× the last group 1× the text says 1×

Common sentence endings:

a scribal error 1× being scribal variants 1× calligraphy and illumination 1× in the middle 1× is thirteen years 1× men were contemporaries 1×

Words around Scribal

Just before it in the word index:

scriba 5 scriabin 7 scri 2 screwy 6 screwworm 5 screwvalla 2

Just after it in the word index:

scribante 5 scribble 19 scribbled 49 scribbler 2 scribblers 3 scribbles 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Scribal

  • In this selection, "scribal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, error, errors and license stand out and add context to how "scribal" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as a scribal error and and been a scribal error with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "scribal" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with scribal

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

These variations may have occurred through scribal error or scribal license. (11 words)

Other activities include the study and practice of heraldry and scribal arts ( calligraphy and illumination ). (15 words)

Scribal realization of the digraph could look like a pair of Vs whose branches crossed in the middle. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Like the editions of Oxford and Rome, it attempts, through critical comparison of the most significant historical manuscripts of the Vulgate, to recreate an early text, cleansed of the scribal errors of a millennium. (34 words)

The text says "iii" for three, but this may have been a scribal error, with the correct reading being "xiii", that is, thirteen years. (24 words)

The word Dogziyin ("Druzes") occurs in an early Hebrew edition of his travels, but it is clear that this is a scribal error. (23 words)

Example sentences (9)

These variations may have occurred through scribal error or scribal license.

Like the editions of Oxford and Rome, it attempts, through critical comparison of the most significant historical manuscripts of the Vulgate, to recreate an early text, cleansed of the scribal errors of a millennium.

Many other Orthodox Jews suggest that over the millennia, some scribal errors have crept into the Torah's text.

Other activities include the study and practice of heraldry and scribal arts ( calligraphy and illumination ).

Scribal realization of the digraph could look like a pair of Vs whose branches crossed in the middle.

The last group of scholars regard "the seventh year" as a scribal error and hold that the two men were contemporaries.

The text says "iii" for three, but this may have been a scribal error, with the correct reading being "xiii", that is, thirteen years.

The word Dogziyin ("Druzes") occurs in an early Hebrew edition of his travels, but it is clear that this is a scribal error.

They have also those songs of theirs, by the recital of this barditus or, baritus, there being scribal variants.

Common combinations with scribal

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "scribal" in a sentence?
An example: "These variations may have occurred through scribal error or scribal license." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "scribal" from authentic English texts.
What does "scribal" mean?
Scribal means: Relating to scribes and their work.
How many example sentences with "scribal" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "scribal", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.