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
Canterbury Tales": "'This noble ensample unto his scheep he gaf That first he wroughte and after that he taughte.'
From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by James J. Walsh
In the meantime Wenceslaus, evidently well pleased with himself, continued to set his people a godly ensample.
From From a Terrace in Prague by Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
Soldier, administrator, and leader of men, he trod "the perfect ways of honour," and by his private as much as by his public life made himself a shining ensample for all time.
From John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub by R. E. Cholmeley
This noble ensample to his shepe he yaf,— That first he wrought, and afterwards he taught.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
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