rubrical

American  

[roo-bri-kuhl] / ˈru brɪ kəl /

adjective

1. reddish; marked with red.

2. of, pertaining to, contained in, or prescribed by rubrics, especially liturgical rubrics.

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Other Word Forms

• rubrically adverb
• unrubrical adjective
• unrubrically adverb

Etymology

Origin of rubrical

1635–45; rubric + -al ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Among the clergy generally ritual observance was neglected and rubrical directions disobeyed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

Some of the customs here referred to are matters of rubrical direction in the Prayer-Book; others stand merely upon the ground of usage and the devout practice of the Church from ancient times.

From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)

Half a century later the famous Gaon Seadiah, also of Sura, issued his Siddūr, in which the rubrical matter is in Arabic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

The rubrical direction entitled "Hymns and Anthems" requires verbal correction, but embodies a wholesome principle.

From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by Huntington, William Reed

Stores of interesting rubrical information, interspersed with verses and prayers, are to be found in the De Libris Liturgicis and the Divina Psalmodia; recent advances in liturgical studies, however, have somewhat lessened their value.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various