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ru·bric 
[roo-brik] Pronunciation Key
[roo-brik] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text. |
| 2. | a direction for the conduct of divine service or the administration of the sacraments, inserted in liturgical books. |
| 3. | any established mode of conduct or procedure; protocol. |
| 4. | an explanatory comment; gloss. |
| 5. | a class or category |
| 6. | Archaic. red ocher. |
| 7. | written, inscribed in, or marked with or as with red; rubrical. |
| 8. | Archaic. red; ruddy. |
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| ru·bric
(rōō'brĭk) Pronunciation Key
n.
adj.
[Middle English rubrike, heading, title, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca, red chalk , from ruber, rubr-, red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.] ru'bri·cal adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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rubric
c.1375, "directions in religious services" (often in red writing), from O.Fr. rubrique, from L. rubrica "red ochre, red coloring matter," from ruber, from PIE base *rudhro- (see red).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| rubric | |
noun | |
| 1. | an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure |
| 2. | an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text [syn: gloss] |
| 3. | directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book) |
| 4. | a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools" [syn: title] |
| 5. | a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type |
| 6. | category name; "it is usually discussed under the rubric of 'functional obesity'" |
verb | |
| 1. | adorn with ruby red color |
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ru·bric
Pronunciation: 'rü-brik
Function: noun
: an established rule, tradition, or custom
Main Entry: ru·bric
Pronunciation: 'rü-brik
Function: noun
: an established rule, tradition, or custom
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Rubric
Ru"bric\, n. [OE. rubriche, OF. rubriche, F. rubrique ( cf. it. rubrica), fr. L. rubrica red earth for coloring, red chalk, the title of a law (because written in red), fr. ruber red. See red.] That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions. Hence, specifically: (a) A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the date and place of printing; also, the initial letters, etc., when printed in red. (b) (Law books) The title of a statute; -- so called as being anciently written in red letters. --Bell. (c) (Liturgies) The directions and rules for the conduct of service, formerly written or printed in red; hence, also, an ecclesiastical or episcopal injunction; -- usually in the plural. All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics. --Hook. (d) Hence, that which is established or settled, as by authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed. --Cowper. Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity. --De Quincey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Rubric
Ru"bric\, v. t. To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate. [R.] --Johnson.
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Ru"bric\, Rubrical \Ru"bric*al\, a. 1. Colored in, or marked with, red; placed in rubrics. What though my name stood rubric on the walls Or plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals? --Pope. 2. Of or pertaining to the rubric or rubrics. "Rubrical eccentricities." --C. Kingsley.
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