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VERB (4)

1. place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint;
- Example: "She was rubricated by the pope"

2. furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics;
- Example: "the manuscript is not rubricated"

3. decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red;
- Example: "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated"
[syn: miniate, rubricate]

4. sign with a mark instead of a name;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rubricate \Ru"bri*cate\, a. [L. rubricatus p. p. of rubricare to color red. See Rubric, n.] Marked with red. --Sp?lmman. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rubricate \Ru"bri*cate\, v. t. To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form. --Foxe. [1913 Webster] A system . . . according to which the thoughts of men were to be classed and rubricated forever after. --Hare. [1913 Webster] Rubrician
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rubricate v 1: place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint; "She was rubricated by the pope" 2: furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; "the manuscript is not rubricated" 3: decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated" [syn: miniate, rubricate] 4: sign with a mark instead of a name