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Webster 1913 Edition


Tabellion

Ta-bel′lion

,
Noun.
[L.
tabellio
, fr.
tabella
a tablet, a writing, document, dim. of
tabula
a board: cf. F.
tabellion
. See
Table
.]
A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.

Definition 2024


tabellion

tabellion

English

Noun

tabellion (plural tabellions)

  1. An official scribe who had some of the minor functions of a notary in the Roman Empire and pre-revolutionary France.

See also

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

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French

Noun

tabellion m (plural tabellions)

  1. (historical) tabellion
  2. (pejorative) lawyer, solicitor