rubricated

[ roo-bri-key-tid ]

/ ˈru brɪˌkeɪ tɪd /

adjective

(in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.

Origin of rubricated

First recorded in 1595–1605; rubricate + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM rubricated

un·ru·bri·cat·ed, adjective

Words nearby rubricated

rubredoxin, rubriblast, rubric, rubrical, rubricate, rubricated, rubrician, rubricyte, rubrospinal decussation, rubrum lily, rub someone's nose in it

Example sentences from the Web for rubricated

At the head of the first page of the text of the book were three rubricated Arabic words.
A Modern Aladdin|Howard Pyle
The rubricated titles are of somewhat later date than the body of the text.
The Letters of Cassiodorus|Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
The paper was to be of hand-made linen, from the Kelmscott Mills; the type black-letter, with rubricated initials.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue|Various
Printed on the finest deckle edge paper and bound in the best silk finished cloth, with frontispiece and rubricated title page.
The Wide, Wide World|Susan Warner

There are no figures or illuminations, but the titles are rubricated in burnished gold or in colours.
Studies in the History and Method of Science|Various