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单词 rubricate
释义

Definition of rubricate in English:

rubricate

verb ˈruːbrɪkeɪtˈrubrəˌkeɪt
historical
  • Add elaborate, typically red, capital letters or other decorations to (a manuscript)

    〈主史〉加红字标题(或其他装饰)于(原稿)

    a 42-line Bible, which a scribe finished rubricating on 24 August 1456
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The text is rubricated throughout with red titles and red Lombards.
    • The text was rubricated either by the scribe himself, or one of his colleagues, who highlighted in red ink significant portions, phrases and words.
    • Although scholars dispute the details of the early production of his press, the first dated item is a copy of a 42-line Bible, which a scribe finished rubricating on 24 August 1456.
    • The monks who didn't know how to write were put to work binding, rubricating, making pens, and the like.

Derivatives

  • rubrication

  • noun ruːbrɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌrubrəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
    historical
    • Many woodcuts copy manuscript illuminations, and some try printed rubrication of paraphs or initials.
  • rubricator

  • noun
    historical
    • Often, even into the fifteenth century, the rubricator and the scribe were the same person, as is the case in the Kirby I.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin rubricat- 'marked in red', from the verb rubricare, from rubrica (see rubric).

Rhymes

lubricate

Definition of rubricate in US English:

rubricate

verbˈro͞obrəˌkātˈrubrəˌkeɪt
historical
  • Add elaborate, typically red, capital letters or other decorations to (a manuscript)

    〈主史〉加红字标题(或其他装饰)于(原稿)

    a 42-line Bible, which a scribe finished rubricating on 24 August 1456
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The monks who didn't know how to write were put to work binding, rubricating, making pens, and the like.
    • The text is rubricated throughout with red titles and red Lombards.
    • Although scholars dispute the details of the early production of his press, the first dated item is a copy of a 42-line Bible, which a scribe finished rubricating on 24 August 1456.
    • The text was rubricated either by the scribe himself, or one of his colleagues, who highlighted in red ink significant portions, phrases and words.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin rubricat- ‘marked in red’, from the verb rubricare, from rubrica (see rubric).

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