scrivenry

English

Noun

scrivenry (countable and uncountable, plural not attested)

1. Alternative form of scrivenery
   • 1920, Lewis Spence, Legends & Romances of Spain, London, Sydney: George G. Harrap and Co., page 321:

     This seemed to him far in advance of the monkish accomplishments of his own priestly subjects, whose learning was of the most slender description, and but few of whom were able to write, and he was deeply interested to find that in an annexe to the mosque, which was fitted as a scrivenry or writing-room, a number of mullahs, old and young, sat at desks writing swiftly in the Arabic script and engaged in the multiplication of copies of the Koran and other works of a religious nature.

   • 1976, Joseph V. O'Brien, William O'Brien and the Course of Irish Politics, 1881–1918, Berkeley, C.A., Los Angeles, C.A., London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 259:

     A further boon of this collection is the fact that it contains a considerable number of O'Brien's letters copied in Sophie's legible hand. The value of this becomes evident when one deals with O'Brien's almost incomprehensible scrivenry in other private collections.

   • 1998, Jeffrey E. Barlough, Dark Sleeper, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, published 2000, →ISBN, page 114:

     "Gentlemen," said Mr. Icks, reaching into his coat to retrieve some blue sheets of law scrivenry garnished with red ink lines and silver seals.