Definition of Rubrics. Meaning of Rubrics. Synonyms of Rubrics

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Definition of Rubrics

Rubric
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.
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Rubric Ru"bric, v. t. To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate. [R.] --Johnson.
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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.

Meaning of Rubrics from wikipedia

- related to Rubrics. Look up rubric in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "Rubric" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 810. Rubrics of the...
- aspects. Analytic rubrics evaluate various dimensions or components separately. Developmental rubrics, a subset of analytical rubrics, facilitate ****essment...
- type printing, readers continued to expect rubrication, which might be done by hand, if there were few rubrics to add, or by a separate print using a red-ink...
- ghost wanders the Rubrics and that "his ghost, dressed in wig, gown and knee breeches, is said to walk by the side of the Rubrics at dusk".[citation...
- Look up rubric in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A rubric is a word or section of text in red for emphasis. Rubric may also refer to: Rubric (academic)...
- Code of Rubrics by the motu proprio Rubricarum instructum of 25 July 1960. The Sacred Congregation of Rites promulgated the Code of Rubrics, a revised...
- Rubric, Inc. is a global language service provider, offering localization and translation services for companies across the technology, software, marketing...
- term dates from the 19th century when the medieval custom of printing the rubrics in red was followed in editions of the BCP while the declaration was printed...
- The text and rubrics of the Roman Canon have undergone revisions over the centuries, while the canon itself has retained its essential form as arranged...
- The "Ornaments Rubric" is found just before the beginning of Morning Prayer in the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. It runs as follows:...