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rubricare [CL as p. ppl.] 1 to colour red, (also pr. ppl. and p. ppl. as adj.) red; b (w. ref. to Exod. xxv 5 or xxvi 14); c (fig., w. ref. to shame or modesty). galliculae ~atis pellibus ambiuntur Aldh. VirgP 58; pannus de ~anti purpura R. Cold. Osw. 51 p. 381; una stilla sacri et ~ati liquoris W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 82; non adeo tempestive ornat natura ~atis barbis gallos Phasidos ‥ ut gallos domesticos Neckam NR I 42; rosam veris ortam rosario / quam sol mane rubricat radio J. Howd. Ph. 244; roris rubricati / sub cute celati / rivus rumpitur Id. Sal. 8. 4; 1353 [for 325 lb. of rodel for reddening] rubricand’ [the buildings of the Stapel] (KR Ac 471/8) Building in Eng. 158.  b ~antur ‥ pelles arietum ad operiendum tectum tabernaculi Bede Tab. 435B; nil sufficiam preter pilos caprinos rusticitatis pellem verecundie ~atam Gosc. Edith 36; pelles arietum ~ate operiunt tabernaculum testimonii Ad. Dore Pictor 164; pellesque arietum ~atas R. Bury Phil. 8. 136.  c vestre consciencie scrinium verecundia ~aret Dictamen 342. 2 to redden (w. blood); b (w. ref. to Christ's Passion or martyrdom). c (transf.) to authenticate by the shedding of blood or by martyrdom. vestimentum ‥ sanguine ~atum Eccl. & Synag. 120; pedum vestigia sanguine tincta et ~ata V. Rob. Knaresb. 14; sanguinis unda globos et densa cadavera ponto / infert, et mixtas pugna rubricat aquas Garl. Tri. Eccl. 133.  b mystice ‥ arbor hec cujus fructus sanguine rubet Christum designare potest, sanguine passionis ~andum Bald. Cant. Commend. Fid. 603B; stille cruoris undique rubricantes J. Howd. Cant. 577; crux rubea spectat ad martires suo sanguine ~atos [ME: ireaded] AncrR 11.  c 1176 Cantuariensis ecclesie dignitates quas gloriosus martyr ~averat sanguine suo et quasi testamentum eternum morte et cerebri effusione firmaverat P. Blois Ep. 5. 14B; hec [Romana ecclesia] est quam sibi Dominus beatorum Petri et Pauli magisterio specialem elegit, et quo preesset aliis et prodesset diffusius, eorum glorioso sanguine ~avit H. Reading (II) Cel. 29; 1198 quidam eam [ecclesiam] martyri rosis ~averunt, quidam beate confessionis liliis dealbaverunt Ep. Cant. 493; 1237 [baptismum] a Domino institutum et ejus sanguine ~atum Conc. Syn. 233; efficacia hujus sacramenti cum ab ipso Deo institutum sit et ejus sanguine ~atum Conc. Scot. II 30. 3 to provide with a rubric. b (pr. ppl. as sb. m.) rubricator. to rubryce, ~are CathA.  b 1269 hec rubrica non videtur probata quoad ista verba ‘fuit in possessione’ ut dicit ~ans SelCCant 313. 4 to perform according to the set rules or rubric. congruit normalibus agenda ~are [gl.: regere] methodiis O. Cant. Pref. Frith. 16; ~o, -as, dirigere et rectum facere sicut rubrica facit Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 500.

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