RUBRICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rubricate mean? 

• RUBRICATE (verb)
  The verb RUBRICATE has 4 senses:

1. place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint

2. furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics

3. decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red

4. sign with a mark instead of a name

  Familiarity information: RUBRICATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUBRICATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rubricate    ... he / she / it rubricates   
Past simple: rubricated   
Past participle: rubricated   
-ing form: rubricating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

She was rubricated by the pope

Hypernyms (to "rubricate" is one way to...):

recognise; recognize (show approval or appreciation of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

the manuscript is not rubricated

Hypernyms (to "rubricate" is one way to...):

arrange; format (set (printed matter) into a specific format)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

miniate; rubricate

Context example:

In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated

Hypernyms (to "rubricate" is one way to...):

illuminate (add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts))

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rubric (directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Sign with a mark instead of a name

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "rubricate" is one way to...):

sign; subscribe (mark with one's signature; write one's name (on))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something