Found 3 items, similar to rubric.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: rubric
rubrik
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rubric
rubric
n 1: an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure
2: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
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gloss]
3: directions for the conduct of Christian church services
(often printed in red in a prayer book)
4: a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give
a brief summary of the matters it deals with;
“Title 8
provided federal help for schools” [syn:
title,
statute title
]
5: a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special
type
6: category name; "it is usually discussed under the rubric of
`functional obesity'"
v : adorn with ruby red color
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
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All the clergy in England solemnly pledge
themselves to observe the rubrics. --Hook.
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(d) Hence, that which is established or settled, as by
authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed. --Cowper.
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Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human
conceptions before Christianity. --De Quincey.
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under the rubric of (See def. (b)) in the category of
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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.
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What though my name stood rubric on the walls
Or plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals?
--Pope.
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2. Of or pertaining to the rubric or rubrics.
“Rubrical
eccentricities.” --C. Kingsley.
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