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Webster 1913 Edition
Rubric
Ru′bric
,Noun.
[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.
Ru′bric
,Verb.
T.
To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate.
[R.]
Johnson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rubric
RU'BRIC
,Noun.
1.
In the canon law, a title or article in certain ancient law books; so called because written in red letters.2.
Directions printed in prayer books.The rubric and the rules relating to the liturgy are established by royal authority, as well as the liturgy itself.
RU'BRIC
,Verb.
T.
RU'BRIC
,Definition 2024
rubric
rubric
English
A manuscript page with rubrics.
Alternative forms
- rubrick (obsolete)
Noun
rubric (plural rubrics)
- A heading in a book highlighted in red.
- A title of a category or a class.
- That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.
- 2008, Chris Dodd, Senator Dodd Speaks in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate:
- And in one swoop, the Attorney General conceded to the president nearly unlimited power, just as long as he finds a lawyer willing to stuff his actions into the boundless rubric of “defending the country.”
- An established rule or custom, a guideline.
- Hook
- All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics.
- De Quincey
- Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowper to this entry?)
- Hook
- (education) A printed set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:class
Related terms
Translations
heading in a book highlighted in red
category or classification
printed set of scoring criteria
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Adjective
rubric (comparative more rubric, superlative most rubric)
- Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.
- Alexander Pope
- What though my name stood rubric on the walls / Or plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals?
- Alexander Pope
- Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.
Verb
rubric (third-person singular simple present rubrics, present participle rubricking, simple past and past participle rubricked)
- (transitive) To adorn with red; to redden.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)