2. Noun. A story demonstrating a moral point. ¹
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Definition of Exemplum
1. an example [n -PLA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exemplum
Literary usage of Exemplum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold, Jesse Ames Spencer (1853)
"To propose aby an e. for imitation (proponere ci exemplum ad ... To take w.
by aby; to take e. by aby (capere sibi exemplum de qo; ex quo sumere sibi ..."
2. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... had Schools and Taught the Rich— Popular with Emperors—Domitian Persecuted
them—How Dr. Ramsay Found their Inscriptions—Ad exemplum Rei- ..."
3. The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation, and Notes by Thomas Collett Sandars (1869)
"... respecting his castrense peculium became, after emancipation, an effectual
disposition of all his property. exemplum ..."
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