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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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It bears traces of many hands; and betrays in the dialogue of the formal characters the rubricated lines of the church play on which it was based.

From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest

I wish the copy to be done not on tissue paper but on good paper such as is used for plays, and a wide rubricated margin should be left for corrections .

From Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde by Wilde, Oscar

First initial rubricated in the same style and by the same hand as in the De duobus amantibus.

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

The same year he picked up for ten shillings, in London, an early sixteenth-century folio, rubricated and with illuminated initials.

From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.

In these rubricated letters are used with brilliant effect.

From Books and Bookmen by Lang, Andrew

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