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   Rubric , 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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   Rubric, v. t. To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate. [R.]
   Johnson.
   
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   { Rubric , Rubrical  }, a.
   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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   Of or pertaining to the rubric or rubrics. “Rubrical eccentricities.” 
   C. Kingsley.
   
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