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 ]

  4. sign with a mark instead of a name

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