Scrivenery

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The practice or work of a scrivener. uncountable

    "And yet we have notable penmen at head-quarters, who are at their vocation night and day, and who injure their temper and manners by incessant scrivenery, the results of which are buried in the pigeon-holes of Whitehall, never to be seen even in the lively pages of a blue-book."

  2. 2
    A place where scriveners work; a scriptorium. countable, historical

    "At the bottom of folio 109 there is an entry which reads, The Law at Twickenham for mery tales. This is, apparently, a reference to a scrivenery and staff of skilled penmen maintained at Twickenham by Francis [Bacon] and his brother Anthony Bacon."

Etymology

From scrivener + -ry.

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