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紅字,紅色印刷,題目

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rubric \Ru"bric\, n. [OE. rubriche, OF. rubriche, F. rubrique (
   cf. it. rubrica), fr. L. rubrica red earth for coloring, red
   chalk, the title of a law (because written in red), fr. ruber
   red. See {red}.]
   That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography
   which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.
   Hence, specifically:
   (a) A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the
       date and place of printing; also, the initial letters,
       etc., when printed in red.
   (b) (Law books) The title of a statute; -- so called as being
       anciently written in red letters. --Bell.
   (c) (Liturgies) 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.
   (d) Hence, that which is established or settled, as by
       authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed. --Cowper.

             Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human
             conceptions before Christianity.     --De Quincey.

Rubric \Ru"bric\, v. t.
   To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate. [R.] --Johnson.

Rubric \Ru"bric\, Rubrical \Ru"bric*al\, a.
   1. Colored in, or marked with, red; placed in rubrics.

            What though my name stood rubric on the walls Or
            plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals? --Pope.

   2. Of or pertaining to the rubric or rubrics. ``Rubrical
      eccentricities.'' --C. Kingsley.

資料來源 : WordNet®

rubric
     n 1: an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure
     2: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
        [syn: {gloss}]
     3: directions for the conduct of Christian church services
        (often printed in red in a prayer book)
     4: 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" [syn: {title}, {statute
        title}]
     5: a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special
        type
     6: category name; "it is usually discussed under the rubric of
        `functional obesity'"
     v : adorn with ruby red color