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rubric

noun
/ˈɹuːbɹɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

  1. derived from *h₁rewdʰ-✻
  2. derived from rūbrīca
  3. derived from rubrique
  4. inherited from rubriche

Definitions

  1. A heading in a book highlighted in red.

  2. A title of a category or a class.

    • That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.
    • 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.”

  3. The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.

    • All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. An established rule or custom

      An established rule or custom; a guideline.

      • Whilst this rubric is not written into law, it should always be followed.
      • 1847-1848, Thomas De Quincey, "Protestantism", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity.
      • Let Comus rise Archbishop of the land; Let him your rubric and your feasts prescribe

    2. A statement of intent.

      • The Government's rubric of "caring for communities" is ridiculous.

    3. A set of explanatory notes or rules at the beginning of an exam paper, usually…

      A set of explanatory notes or rules at the beginning of an exam paper, usually typographically distinct from the rest of the paper.

      • Do not award marks to candidates who have made rubric errors.
      • In the first prospectus the rubric on this paper began 'Historical sources and materials and how the historian uses them[…]'

    4. A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.

      • We refer to the rubric when marking oral examinations.

    5. A flourish after a signature.

    6. Red ochre.

    7. Coloured or marked with red

      Coloured or marked with red; placed in rubrics.

      • VVhat tho' my Name ſtood rubric on the vvalls? / Or plaiſter'd poſts, vvith Claps in capitals?

    8. Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics

      Of or relating to the rubric or rubrics; rubrical.

    9. To adorn with red

      To adorn with red; to redden.

      • That Cavalier who Rubricks his Executions with the Bloud he hath drawn by the instrument of Extortion from the Poor.

    10. To organize or classify into rubrics.

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Derived

rubrician, rubricism, rubricist, rubrically, rubrication, rubricity

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA