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🟥 To mark in red ⛪ To mark as special
to rubricate

to rubricate

9.9
Mark a day in the church calendar with red to honor a saint
  • verb
  • /ˈruːbrɪkeɪt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : rubricar
  • Each time a new saint is canonized, the Church may rubricate their feast in the liturgical year.

Examples

  • The pope decided to rubricate the anniversary as a special feast day.

  • The church plans to rubricate the feast day of St. John.

  • Several early martyrs were formally rubricated in the church's calendar of saints.

  • They rubricated the calendar to highlight important saints.

  • Each time a new saint is canonized, the Church may rubricate their feast in the liturgical year.

  • The pope decided to rubricate the anniversary as a special feast day.

  • Several early martyrs were formally rubricated in the church's calendar of saints.

How Celebrated

to celebrate
∞ 1.4
to honor
  • US
796 2.3
to rubricate
  • Jargon
9.9
to observe
93 3.4

Surface Forms

rubricate infinitive
rubricated past
rubricated past participle
rubricating present participle
rubricates third person singular

Morphology

rubricate = rubric (semi-transparent) = rubric + ate

Formed the same way as the general sense, but the specialized ecclesiastical meaning ('to designate as a red-letter day') requires domain knowledge of liturgical practice and may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Rubricate also comes from Latin ruber 'red', because churches once wrote special feast days in red in their calendars. So to rubricate a day is to mark it as a special or 'red-letter day' in the church calendar.