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exemplum

noun

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and sample.

  1. derived from exemplum

Definitions

  1. An example.

  2. A story demonstrating a moral point

    A story demonstrating a moral point; a parable.

    • In the Middle Ages preachers had enlivened their sermons with exempla – edifying tales of judgements upon sinners and mercies shown to the pious.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for exemplum. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA