ensample
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ensample
1200–50; Middle English < Old French, variant ( en- en- 1 replacing es- ) of essample < Old French < Latin exemplum example
Example Sentences
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Arguing that "mankind cannot be made good under compulsion," he quoted against Prohibition Chaucer's reference to the village parson: To drawen folk to heven by fairnesse By good ensample, this way his bisy-nesse.
From Time Magazine Archive
The word "ensample" means type, or figure, or illustration.
From And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses by J. Wilbur Chapman
Let us refrain from this subject, remembering how grave and learned theologians, earnest opponents of Predestinarianism, have been reduced to the extreme of perplexity when confronted with the ensample of Pharaoh.
From Sword and Gown A Novel by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
Bernier told this ensample that teacheth so goodly matter, and of it he made what he might.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
Spenser has among other passages And of fair Britomart ensample take, That was as true in love as turtle to her make.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
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