rubricator

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounrubricator (plural rubricators)

plural rubricators

  1. historicalThe person who wrote the red titles and headings in a manuscript.

    Bollstatter often functioned as the initialer and rubricator of his own manuscripts (that is, he not only determined the selection and execution of the texts, he also participated in making visible the manuscript's interior textual hierarchy).

    2004, 15th Century Studies - Volume 29, page 216

Origin

From rubricate + -or.

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rubricator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubricator

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“rubricator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubricator. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rubricator,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rubricator.

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