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ru·bric  audio  (rbrk) KEY 

NOUN:
    1. A class or category: "This mission is sometimes discussed under the rubric of 'horizontal escalation' . . . from conventional to nuclear war" (Jack Beatty).
    2. A title; a name.
  2. A part of a manuscript or book, such as a title, heading, or initial letter, that appears in decorative red lettering or is otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
  3. A title or heading of a statute or chapter in a code of law.
  4. Ecclesiastical A direction in a missal, hymnal, or other liturgical book.
  5. An authoritative rule or direction.
  6. A short commentary or explanation covering a broad subject.
  7. Red ocher.
ADJECTIVE:
  1. Red or reddish.
  2. Written in red.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English rubrike, heading, title, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrca, red chalk , from ruber, rubr-, red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
rubri·cal(Adjective)


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