Rubric (noun)
roo-brik
A title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
1325–75; Latin rūbrīca red ocher (derivative of ruber red 1 ); replacing Middle English rubriche, rubrike (noun). Old French
Example sentences
“The rubric instructions seemed to jump ominously off the page.”
