Rubricate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Sign with a mark instead of a name.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 2
Place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint; "She was rubricated by the pope".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- Her feast day was rubricated by the bishop as a special day of celebration in the church calendar of saints.
- After years of devotion and service, she was rubricated by the church and her birthday was declared a red-letter day.
- The anniversary of his martyrdom was rubricated by the early Christian community and remains so to this day.
- In recognition of her numerous miracles, she was rubricated and included in the canon of saints by the Catholic Church.
- The local diocese rubricated the feast day of their newly canonized saint for special veneration by the faithful.
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Meaning 3
Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 4
Furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; "the manuscript is not rubricated".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.