Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rubricate \Ru"bri*cate\, a. [L. rubricatus p. p. of rubricare to
   color red. See {Rubric}, n.]
   Marked with red. --Sp?lmman.

Rubricate \Ru"bri*cate\, v. t.
   To mark or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric;
   to establish in a settled and unchangeable form. --Foxe.

         A system . . . according to which the thoughts of men
         were to be classed and rubricated forever after.
                                                  --Hare.

Source : WordNet®

rubricate
     v 1: place in the calendar as a red-letter saint; "She was
          rubricated by the Pope"
     2: furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; "the manuscript
        is not rubricated"
     3: decorate (manuscipts) with letters painted red; "In this
        beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated" [syn:
        {miniate}]
     4: sign with a mark instead of a name