What is "rubricate"

Rubricate \Ru"bri*cate\, a. [L. rubricatus p. p. of rubricare to color red. See Rubric, n.] Marked with red.
--Sp?lmman.

Rubricate \Ru"bri*cate\, v. t. To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled and unchangeable form.
--Foxe.

A system . . . according to which the thoughts of men were to be classed and rubricated forever after.
--Hare.

1. (context obsolete English) Marked with red. v

2. 1 To write in the form of a rubric 2 To create rubrication

1. v. place in the calendar as a red-letter saint; "She was rubricated by the Pope"

2. furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; "the manuscript is not rubricated"

3. decorate (manuscipts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated" [syn: miniate]

4. sign with a mark instead of a name