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scrivenery|ˈskrɪv(ə)nərɪ|
Also 9 (Dicts.) scrivenry.
[f. scrivener: cf. -ery, -ry.]
1. The occupation of a scrivener; writing, as of a copyist or clerk.
1847Le Fanu T. O'Brien 257 He pursued his scrivenery with industrious taciturnity. 1891Law Times XCII. 99/1 The books are beautiful specimens of scrivenery, and from cover to cover may be searched without finding a blot.
attrib.1887Whitaker's Almanack, Law Offices, etc., Scrivenery Department.
2. A room in which scriveners work.
1897Times 26 Feb. 3/6 Mr. Spedding's Biography..disclosed..that Bacon and his brother Anthony kept a scrivenery financed by Essex. 1898Proc. Soc. Antiq. 20 Jan. 39 Nineteen lines of beautiful script, possibly written in the scrivenery attached to the court. |