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   rubric

   /ˈruːbrɪk/

   noun

   • 1. a heading on a document.
   • ▪ a category: "such ideas fall naturally under the rubric of postmodernism"
   • 2. a set of instructions or rules.
   • ▪ a direction in a liturgical book as to how a church service should be conducted.
   • ▪ a statement of purpose or function: "art for a purpose, not for its own sake, was his rubric"

   Word Origin late Middle Englishrubrish (originally referring to a heading, section of text, etc. written in red for distinctiveness), from Old French rubriche, from Latin rubrica (terra) ‘red (earth or ochre as writing material)’, from the base of rubeus ‘red’; the later spelling is influenced by the Latin form.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rubrical adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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