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Word entry · 6 letters

rubric

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"Scoring guide heading"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹuːbɹɪk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bcirruStarts with REnds with C1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. adorn with ruby red color

Word origin

From Middle English rubriche, rubrike, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rūbrīca (“red ochre”), the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Used in a sentence

  • That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.
  • And in one swoop, the Attorney General conceded to the president nearly unlimited power, just as long as he finds a lawyer willing to stuff his actions into the boundless rubric of “defending the country.”
  • All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics.

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