rubricate

verb

sign with a mark instead of a name

decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red

furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics

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

Roots

ruberrubric- · Latin · red (red lettering)atus-ate · Latin · to make, do

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