What is the meaning of rubricate?

verb

  • Place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint.
    • usage: "She was rubricated by the pope"
  • Furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics.
    • usage: "the manuscript is not rubricated"
  • Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red.
    • usage: "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated"
  • Sign with a mark instead of a name. .
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