1200-1300Old Frenchrubrique ‘words written in red’, from Latinrubrica, from ruber ‘red’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
I think the general rubric for the conference will be business-climate issues.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
A column was the rubric under which the writer could put anything at all.
Plainly, events such as the Durham Miners' Gala, which has been held for decades fall within the rubric.
Possibilities, then, for further congregational participation seem possible even under a strict interpretation of the present rubrics.
The bishop believed that Holy Trinity went out of its way to flout Church rubrics.
There are some powers and relationships that recognizably fall within the rubric of the Constitution.
They point out that only 1 to 3 percent of the most severely limited learners are not included under this rubric.
This time the subject was the rubrics of the Roman missal and the form of the Holy Saturday vigil.
When it is permissible, according to the rubrics, these parts may be delegated to others.
1formal a set of instructions or an explanation in a book, examination paper etc2a title under which particular things are mentioned or discussed: The names were listed under the rubric ‘Contributors’.