A class or category: "This mission is sometimes discussed under the rubric of 'horizontal escalation' . . . from conventional to nuclear war"(Jack Beatty).
A title; a name.
A part of a manuscript or book, such as a title, heading, or initial letter, that appears in decorative red lettering or is otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
A title or heading of a statute or chapter in a code of law.
Ecclesiastical A direction in a missal, hymnal, or other liturgical book.
An authoritative rule or direction.
A short commentary or explanation covering a broad subject.
Red ocher.
adj.
Red or reddish.
Written in red.
[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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