Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as rubric, 1.
  • Of, pertaining to, or contained in a rubric or rubrics: as, a rubrical direction.

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  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a rubric

Etymologies

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From rubric +‎ -al

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Examples

  • Violet folded chasubles and broad stole were no longer used in the Roman liturgy after the rubrical revisions of John XXIII in 1960.

    Use, History and Development of the "Planeta Plicata" or Folded Chasuble 2009

  • Before the many rubrical uncertainties and excessive options within the new Missal, having the form of the older Mass before us can make an enormous contribution to Catholic liturgical life, serving as a standard to which the ordinary form liturgy can aspire.

    How Important Is Ceremony? 2009

  • My senior MC seemed to have a lapse in rubrical awareness when parking his vintage Jaguar this morning.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • It would be inconsistent with an entire rubrical architecture is that a word which has helped me make sense of the world most of my adult life.

    "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Forbidden Kingdom" Steven Barnes 2008

  • It would be inconsistent with an entire rubrical architecture is that a word which has helped me make sense of the world most of my adult life.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Steven Barnes 2008

  • In order to assure that a priest has the rubrical and linguistic ability to celebrate the extraordinary form of Mass within the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, acknowledgement of such is to be obtained from our Diocesan Office of Liturgy.

    Compilation of recent analyses of AJ TLM policy loyalcatholic 2007

  • Will priests saying the newer Mass be required to obtain a special "license", or should I say Ausweis, from some chancery mandarin whose Latin and rubrical knowledge should be a matter of scrutiny?

    Compilation of recent analyses of AJ TLM policy loyalcatholic 2007

  • In order to assure that a priest has the rubrical and linguistic ability to celebrate the extraordinary form of Mass within the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, acknowledgement of such is to be obtained from our Diocesan Office of Liturgy.

    Compilation of recent analyses of AJ TLM policy loyalcatholic 2007

  • Priests who want to opt for the Ordinary Form are not being tested for rubrical and linguistic competence.

    Compilation of recent analyses of AJ TLM policy loyalcatholic 2007

  • Now, no one will dispute that a priest must have the “rubrical and linguistic ability to celebrate” the sacraments of the Church.

    Compilation of recent analyses of AJ TLM policy loyalcatholic 2007

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