| rubricate | (v) place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint |
| rubricate | (v) furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics |
| rubricate | (v) sign with a mark instead of a name |
| Rubricate | a. [ L. rubricatus p. p. of rubricare to color red. See Rubric, n. ] Marked with red. Sp&unr_;lmman. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rubricate | v. t. To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ] A system . . . according to which the thoughts of men were to be classed and rubricated forever after. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ] |