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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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