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rubrican

rubrican noun: the member of a religious order who is responsible for seeing that the rubric (directions for a religious service) is followed.

Noun

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.
    • To this the Rubrican answered "Do you assert that my story, which I have told, is not a moral story?"
    • Mer. — Merati. — The Rubrican who has given the above work of Gavantus, with copious notes, &c.1873, J. D. Hilarius, Ceremonial According to the Roman Rite

Forms of rubrican

pluralrubricans

Questions about rubrican

What does rubrican mean?
Rubrican means the member of a religious order who is responsible for seeing that the rubric (directions for a religious service) is followed.
What part of speech is rubrican?
Rubrican is a noun.
What is the plural of rubrican?
The plural of rubrican is rubricans.

Words near rubrican in the dictionary

  1. rubriblasts
  2. rubric
  3. rubrical
  4. rubricality
  5. rubrically
  6. rubrican
  7. rubricans
  8. rubricate
  9. rubricated
  10. rubricates
  11. rubricating

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