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ru·bric
I. \ˈrü(ˌ)brik, -_brēk\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rubrike red ocher, heading in red letters of a part of a book, from Middle French rubrique, from Latin rubrica, from rubr-, ruber red — more at red
1. archaic
a. : bole
b. : red ocher
2. : a heading of a chapter, a section, or other part of a book or manuscript distinguished by being done or underlined in a color (as red) different from the rest of the text or by some other device
3.
a.
(1) : a section heading of a discourse or writing
(2) : name, title
< as botany, zoology and geography have become increasingly technical … they too have dropped the rubric of natural history — American Naturalist >
(3) : something under which a thing is classed : concept, class, category
< a variety of names has been applied to the sensations falling under the general rubric, “pressure” — F.A.Geldard >
b.
(1) : the title of a statute or law
(2) : a statute, law, commandment, or dictum regarded as authoritative
(3) : a collection or group of statutes, laws, or dicta : canon; specifically : a collection of ecclesiastical rules
(4) : a rule for the conduct of a liturgical service
< the rubrics of the Order of Confirmation >
(5) : purity rubric
c. : a formula, commentary, or gloss that elucidates or sets within a context
< like accepting a fairy tale as history, through ignoring the prefatory rubric “once upon a time, in a world that never was” — A.G.N.Flew >
specifically : an editorial interpolation
< clarity is promoted by the use of numbered paragraphs with marginal rubrics — J.C.Stewart >
4. : a technique, custom, form, or thing established or settled (as by authority)
< hand engraving is an art in its own right, with its own rubrics — O.L.Harvey >
< no longer wore high laced boots, because the rubrics had changed in these matters — Bruce Marshall >
5. obsolete : a calendar of saints
6. or ru·bri·ca \-brə̇kə, -brēkə\ [Spanish rúbrica paraph, heading, from Latin rubrica] : paraph
II. adjective
or ru·bri·cal \-brə̇kəl, -brēk-\
Etymology: rubric from Middle English rubrike, from rubrike, n.; rubrical from rubric (I) + -al
1.
a. : colored, written, printed in, or marked with red
b. : red-letter
< rubric day >
2. : of, relating to, or in accordance with a rubric
• ru·bri·cal·ly \-brə̇k(ə)lē, -brēk-, -li\ adverb
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: rubric (I)
: to adorn with red : redden |