The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tabellion
Tabellion \Ta*bel"lion\, n. [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.
Wiktionary
tabellion
n. An official scribe who had some of the minor functions of a notary in the Roman Empire and pre-revolutionary France.
Usage examples of "tabellion".
This sheet of old vellum, stamped with the arms of Lorraine and signed by Leonard, hereditary grand tabellion of the province, is in itself a curiosity.