资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.