rubricated

American  

[roo-bri-kay-tid] / ˈru brɪˌkeɪ tɪd /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• unrubricated
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of rubricated

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

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Example Sentences

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rubricated

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 Joseph Hall

The bare fact that hymns are found rubricated in the later literature is surely no reason for believing that such hymns were made for the ritual.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins

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 Addison Van Name

Illness, poverty, and despair are given rubricated pages.

From The Spinster Book by Myrtle Reed

In these rubricated letters are used with brilliant effect.

From Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang

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