Rubric word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "rubric" word
[noun] a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type
[noun] 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"
[noun] an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure
[noun] directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)
[noun] an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
[verb] adorn with ruby red color
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(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\, v. t. To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate. [R.] --Johnson.
\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.
Synonyms for rubric
gloss, statute title
See also: account | category | direction | explanation | head | header | heading | instruction | prescript | rubify | rule | title |
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Let's analyse "rubric" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: CIRBUR. Average typing speed for these characters is 1545 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
rubric: 3 + 9 = 12, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three. |
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