scrivenery noun2 •The practice or work of a scrivener.There is a mystery involved. I cannot solve it, but it is simple enough to state. Why are all important or momentous things involving scrivenery always done on the back of an old envelope? — 1977 •(historical) A place where scriveners work; a scriptorium.When I returned, I did need share lodgings with my brother and there set up a scrivenery just to pay the rent. — 2016 formsscriveneries
