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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: rubrique 'words written in red', from Latin rubrica, from ruber 'red'

rubric

 noun
     
ru‧bric [countable]
1 formal a set of instructions or an explanation in a book, examination paper etc
2 a title under which particular things are mentioned or discussed:
The names were listed under the rubric 'Contributors'.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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