rubricate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint
  2. verb furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics
  3. verb decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red

Etymology

From Latin rubricatus, past participle of rubricare (“to colour red”). See rubric.

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