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

Derived Forms

• unrubrically
  adverb
• unrubrical
  adjective
• rubrically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of rubrical

1635–45; rubric + -al ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

The Rev. Hugh Jones subsequently, while on a visit in England, reported to the Bishop of London some things against the rubrical exactness of Commissary Blair.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles

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)

Their presence in the meantime is fully accounted for by the adjacent rubrical direction how the lesson is to be introduced: viz.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward

—What is the meaning, and whence the origin of the sectional sign �, so much used in the Bible, and also at the head of the rubrical instructions in the Book of Common Prayer?

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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