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rubric


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rubric  \Ru"bric\,  v.  t. 
  To  adorn  ith  red;  to  redden;  to  rubricate.  [R.]  --Johnson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rubric  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rubric 
  n  1:  an  authoritative  rule 
  2:  an  explanation  or  definition  of  an  obscure  word  in  a  text 
  [syn:  {gloss}] 
  3:  a  heading  that  is  printed  in  red  or  in  a  special  type 
  v  :  adorn  with  ruby  red  color 




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