rubricated

[roo-bri-key-tid]

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• unrubricated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rubricated¹

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

Example Sentences

A marvelously tiny man, spry though old, gave us a parchment book, one he had rubricated, pleased to see us in love.

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There were those specially selected, to insert the rubricated letters and designs of the border page, while others prepared the vellum, or attended to the binding.

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These are folios of April, All the library of spring, Missals gilt and rubricated With the frost's illumining.

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It is printed on antique paper of special quality, with rubricated initials and spacious margins.

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Illuminated pages, rubricated headings, and fine illustrations were conspicuous by their absence.

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