Rubricism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A pedantic or scrupulous emphasis on following rubrics, that is, written directions and regulations, in celebrating the liturgy. derogatory, uncountable
"[…] finally both were wedded to an extreme high-church theory of discipline and doctrine, John Wesley being quite as far gone in this respect in 1735 as Newman himself was in 1835,—and indeed carrying his rigid rubricism and his asceticism very much farther than the Tractarians at any time carried theirs […]"
Example
More examples"[…] finally both were wedded to an extreme high-church theory of discipline and doctrine, John Wesley being quite as far gone in this respect in 1735 as Newman himself was in 1835,—and indeed carrying his rigid rubricism and his asceticism very much farther than the Tractarians at any time carried theirs […]"
Etymology
From rubric + -ism.
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