1787 W. Huntington Justif. Sinner 153 He became..a sound scriptorian.

1821 D. Hudson Hist. Jemima Wilkinson App. p. xvii She recited, by rote (she was considered a perfect scriptorian) from the first verse of the XI Chapter of St. John's Gospel.

1898 Homestead (Des Moines, Iowa) 22 Dec. (Suppl. section) 3/1 He read from Genesis, I believe it was, because I am no scriptorian.

1915 Improvem. Era Oct. 1045 Satan proved himself a scriptorian, but each time the Christ defeated him with quotations from the law-book.

1975 K. Keller Example of Edward Taylor ii. 20 All his days Taylor remained a bookish man,..a scriptorian, and man of letters.

1992 Salt Lake Tribune (Electronic ed.) 11 Nov. d19 He was a great scriptorian of all LDS Standard Works.

2006 C. Esseltine We thank Thee, O God, for Prophet iii. 37 Some [Mormon prophets] were marvelous scriptorians, others were masterful teachers.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Scriptorian, of, belonging, or serving to writing.

1844 Hood's Mag. Jan. 65 I shall never forget the laugh of a lively young lady, on her showing me the same poetical offering to her beautiful charms, laid upon her scriptorian altar, in different places, by divers worshippers.