1. (

• rubricate ,

) place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint; "She was rubricated by the pope" ;

2. (

• rubricate ,

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

3. (

• miniate ,
• rubricate

) decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated" ;

4. (

• rubricate

) sign with a mark instead of a name ;