(historical) The person who wrote the red titles and headings in a manuscript.

plural of rubricator

A form of calligraphy, in medieval manuscripts, in which added text was coloured in red.

(transitive) To write in the form of a rubric. / To create rubrication; to illuminate a manuscript with red letters.

(obsolete) Marked with red.

simple past tense and past participle of rubricate

Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a rubric

present participle of rubricate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rubricate

A heading in a book highlighted in red. / A title of a category or a class. / (Christianity) The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.