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rubricated

American  
[roo-bri-key-tid] / ˈru brɪˌkeɪ tɪd /

adjective

  1. (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.


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Etymology

Origin of rubricated

First recorded in 1595–1605; rubricate + -ed 2

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All are in the same type, the heavy-faced gothic of his second font, are rubricated by the same hand, and though two of them are undated, were all evidently printed at about the same time.

From Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University by Van Name, Addison

In other words, several of the actual Service Books, in Greek and in Syriac,391 have survived the accidents of full a thousand years: and rubricated copies of the Gospels carry us back three centuries further.

From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William

The Bestiary is written continuously, but the initials of the lines and, in the long metres, of the half lines are mostly rubricated....

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

Space before ðar: ð rubricated and red afterwards erased MS. ðus ge tileð ðar     wiles ge time haueð. so it her telleð.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

With rubricated Initials and 12 full-page Photogravure Illustrations by Charles H. Woodbury and Marcia O. Woodbury. 12mo, gilt top, $1.50.

From Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. by Pickard, Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas)

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