English Explanatory Dictionary

exemplum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An example.
  2. A story demonstrating a moral point; a parable.

Word forms

exemplum exempla

Etymology

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

Related words

exemplum virtutis
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