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plural rubrics
A heading in a book highlighted in red. examples
A title of a category or a class. quotations examples
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.”
2008, Chris Dodd, Senator Dodd Speaks in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate
(Christianity) The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters. quotations examples
All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics.
1842, Walter Hook, Church Dictionary
An established rule or custom; a guideline. quotations examples
Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity.
1847-1848, Thomas De Quincey, "Protestantism", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
Let Comus rise Archbishop of the land; Let him your rubric and your feasts prescribe
1782, William Cowper, “Progress of Error”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]
(education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback. examples
A flourish after a signature. examples
Red ochre. examples
comparative more rubric, superlative most rubric
Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics. quotations examples
VVhat tho' my Name ſtood rubric on the vvalls? / Or plaiſter'd poſts, vvith Claps in capitals?
1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], page 11, lines 210–211
Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical. examples
third-person singular simple present rubrics, present participle rubricking, simple past and past participle rubricked
(transitive) To adorn with red; to redden. quotations examples
That Cavalier who Rubricks his Executions with the Bloud he hath drawn by the instrument of Extortion from the Poor.
1681, Paul Rycaut, The Critick, translation of original by Lorenzo Gracián
To organise or classify into rubrics examples