Late 17th century; earliest use found in Jeremy Collier (1650–1726), anti-theatrical polemicist and bishop of the nonjuring Church of England. From rubrical + -ly.
Definition of rubrically in US English:
rubrically
adverb
In accordance with a liturgical rubric.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Jeremy Collier (1650–1726), anti-theatrical polemicist and bishop of the nonjuring Church of England. From rubrical + -ly.