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In 1662 it was first printed out in full in the Evening Service, and the rubric was altered to agree therewith Simplification of rubrics_.

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  1. noun A class or category: "This mission is sometimes discussed under the rubric of 'horizontal escalation' . . . from conventional to nuclear war” (Jack Beatty).
  2. noun A title; a name.
  3. noun 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.
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  • First, the rating rubric, which is currently limited to a "1 to 5" scale, should be redesigned to allow for a more honest evaluation of courses-perhaps even a change as simple as a "1 to 10" scale would do. —  The Harvard Crimson :: News
  • But the "war on terrorism" rubric -- increasingly shortened to the even vaguer "war on terror" —  Signs of the Times
  • This news was so frequent I introduced the Who's Hot Today rubric, a category for rounding up this smaller news that was still worth linking to. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • Everything they write and say is framed within this right-wing corporate rubric, within the confines of their paycheck. —  Okie Funk: Notes From The Outback
  • Let's face facts; this is the harsh reality that we've been fighting all along, though we are perpetually shocked by decisions (like Herring) that rationalize a way around a rule until we are left with rules that bear no nexus to their original purpose, a problem that I describe as a rubric without the rationale. —  Simple Justice
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  1. Middle English rubrike, heading, title, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca, red chalk , from ruber, rubr-, red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English rubricke, rubrik, rubrike, rubryke, robryk, rubriche, roberych, rubryce, rubrysshe, from Old French rubriche, rebriche, rubrique, French rubrique (= Provencal Spanish Portuguese Italian rubrica = Dutch rubriek = G. Swedish Danish rubrik), from Latin rubrica, red ocher, red earth, the title of a law written in red, a law, Middle Latin (ecclesiastical) a rubric; feminine (sc. terra, earth) of *rubricus, red, from ruber, red: see red.
  2. Middle English *rubrichen, rubrisshen, rubrycen, from Old French rubricher, French rubriquer = Spanish Portuguese rubricar = Italian rubricare; from Latin rubricare, color red, from rubrica, red earth, red ocher: see rubric, n.
 

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