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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a rubrical manner; according to a rubric or the rubrics; over-conventionally or -formally.

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Examples

  • I have used the collect for the marriage liturgy reworded for the past tense “vows they have made”, but it is not rubrically correct to do so.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

  • I have used the collect for the marriage liturgy reworded for the past tense “vows they have made”, but it is not rubrically correct to do so.

    Prayer Book revision Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

  • The Church did not join in this return to the former fashion, but retained the existing costume, which was ore suitable to the dignity of the Divine offices; this fact in itself was the beginning of a rubrically distinct priestly dress.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • A former young curate of Stoke being very anxious to do things rubrically, insisted on the ring being put on the "fourth finger" at a wedding he took.

    The Parish Clerk 1892

  • Earlier prophets had likewise condemned the Temple's empty-hearted yet rubrically precise sacrificial worship, but today the Galilean prophet's daring act opens a can of worms.

    National Catholic Reporter 2009

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