rubrican

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Noun

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rubrican (plural rubricans)

  1. The member of a religious order who is responsible for seeing that the rubric (directions for a religious service) is followed.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Arthur Machen to this entry?)
    To this the Rubrican answered "Do you assert that my story, which I have told, is not a moral story?"
    • 1873, J. D. Hilarius, Ceremonial According to the Roman Rite:
      Mer. — Merati. — The Rubrican who has given the above work of Gavantus, with copious notes, &c.
    • 1907, F. Williams, Droll Stories Collected From the Abbeys of Touraine, page 279:
      In this inquiry has assisted me to write the evidence given, Guillaume Tournebouch, rubrican of the chapter, a learned man.

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Verb

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rubrican

  1. third-person plural present indicative of rubricar