So this is a strange word, I mean it basically means "red", how does that lead to heading or category? We use it at work as a mantle that other things fall under or are subject too.
Is that why we had the "reds" or the "red menace"?
ru·bric
noun (plural ru·brics)
Definition:
1. title or heading: a printed title or heading, usually distinguished from the body of the text in some way, especially the heading of a section of a legal statute, originally underlined in red
2. set of printed instructions: a set of printed rules or instructions, e.g. the rules governing how Christian services are to be conducted, often printed in red in a prayer book
3. established custom: a well-established custom or tradition that provides rules for conduct
4. category: a class or category of things
adjective
Definition:
in red: printed or marked in red
[13th century. Directly or via French< Latin rubrica "red ocher" < ruber "red"]
ru·bri·cal adjective
ru·bri·cal·ly adverb
rubric
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Re: rubric
Aye, there's the rub.So this is a strange word, I mean it basically means "red", how does that lead to heading or category?
And if several such books were packed together so as to be as thick as they were long and wide, would they collectively be a rubrics cube?2. set of printed instructions: a set of printed rules or instructions, e.g. the rules governing how Christian services are to be conducted, often printed in red in a prayer book
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