Noun
category name; "it is usually discussed under the rubric of `functional obesity''"

Noun
a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type

Noun
a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools"

Noun
an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure

Noun
directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)

Noun
an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

Verb
adorn with ruby red color

n.
That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.

n.
A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the date and place of printing; also, the initial letters, etc., when printed in red.

n.
The title of a statute; -- so called as being anciently written in red letters.

n.
The directions and rules for the conduct of service, formerly written or printed in red; hence, also, an ecclesiastical or episcopal injunction; -- usually in the plural.

n.
Hence, that which is established or settled, as by authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed.

v. t.
To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate.

a.
Alt. of Rubrical

Rubric

All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics.

Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity.

Rubric

That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.

To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate.