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Definition of Rubric
1. Noun. An authoritative rule of conduct or procedure.
2. Verb. Adorn with ruby red color.
3. Noun. An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text.
4. Noun. Directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book).
5. 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"
6. Noun. A title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type.
7. Noun. Category name. "It is usually discussed under the rubric of `functional obesity'"
Definition of Rubric
1. n. That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.
2. v. t. To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate.
3. a. Colored in, or marked with, red; placed in rubrics.
Definition of Rubric
1. Noun. A heading in a book highlighted in red. ¹
2. Noun. A title of a category or a class. ¹
3. Noun. An established rule or custom, a guideline. ¹
4. Noun. (education) A printed set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rubric
1. a part of a manuscript or book that appears in red [n -S] : RUBRICAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Rubric
1. That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was coloured red, to distinguish it from other portions. Hence, specifically: A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the date and place of printing; also, the initial letters, etc, when printed in red. 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. "All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics." (Hook) Hence, that which is established or settled, as by authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed. "Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity." (De Quincey) category, class, classification under the rubric of, (See def. (b)) in the category of Origin: OE. Rubriche, OF. Rubriche, F. Rubrique (cf. It. Rubrica), fr. L. Rubrica red earth for colouring, red chalk, the title of a law (because written in red), fr. Ruber = red. See red. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubric
Literary usage of Rubric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom by Rick Wormeli (2006)
"Great guiding questions as we design sound rubrics for differentiated classes
include the following: • Does the rubric account for everything we want to ..."
2. The Elizabethan Prayer-book & Ornaments: With an Appendix of Documents by Henry Gee (1902)
"There can, I think, be no in the rubric. reasonable doubt that the rubric was
reworded ... The Privy Council had certainly inserted the Black rubric in 1552 ..."
3. The Elizabethan Prayer-book & Ornaments: With an Appendix of Documents by Henry Gee (1902)
"We have lost, therefore, the probable record of the changes which can only have
been made by their sanction.8 1 The entry for the Black rubric in 1552 ..."
4. The High Performance Toolbox: Succeeding With Performance Tasks, Projects by Spence Rogers, Shari Graham (1998)
"A rubric for rubrics A Quality rubric is one for which those associated with its
use can show that it.. evaluates its target accurately and consistently ..."
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