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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Other Word Forms

• unrubricated adjective

Etymology

Origin of rubricated

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

Example Sentences

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

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.

From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William

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

The rubricated titles are of somewhat later date than the body of the text.

From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas

Folio, calf, fine copy, rubricated capitals, gilt edges. 16s.

From Notes and Queries, Number 12, January 19, 1850 by Various