rubrical
Americanadjective
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reddish; marked with red.
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of, pertaining to, contained in, or prescribed by rubrics, especially liturgical rubrics.
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Etymology
Origin of rubrical
1635–45; rubric + -al 1 ( def. )
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He seeks relief through the lawful channel of rubrical revision, and is only laughed at for his pains.
From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by William Reed Huntington
The illuminations before each book, the golden titles, subscriptions, and capitals, are very rich and fresh: the rubrical directions are in bright red at the top and bottom of the pages.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
This last has, in the main, addressed itself to the rubrical features of the proposed revision.
From A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer by William Reed Huntington
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
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 Edward Miller
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