- under the rubric of
- 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. [1913 Webster] (d) Hence, that which is established or settled, as by authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
{ under the rubric of} (See def. (b)) in the category of [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
