Word:
Rubric
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
The name or heading under which something is explained;
an explanation or a set of instructions at the beginning of a book or test, etc;
an established rule, tradition or custom.
Sentences:
1) The rubrics at the beginning of the chapters are quite humorous.
2) The rubric, at least among jewellers, is that a man should spend at least a month of his salary on his fiancée's engagement ring.
Origin:
Middle English rubrike which means 'red orcher', heading in red letters of part of a book, from Anglo-French, from Latin rubrica, from rubr-, which means 'rubber red'.
First use:
14th century
Synonyms:
caption, head, header, headline, heading, title
Antonyms:
conclusion, ending.
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