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exemplum

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

noun exempla

An example. In addition, if study of remodeled versus active lesions, or lesions of different grades of severity was germane to a work, photographs of exempla should be presented so readers can evaluate them.
literary, rhetoric 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.

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@misc{exemplum_2026,
  title = {exemplum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exemplum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}