exemplum
noun
an example or model.
exempla
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pluralof exemplum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Latin, 146, with "exempla," 154, English, 205 ff., in Chaucer, 335, 354, in Langland, 387, by Wyclif, 434.
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jean Jules Jusserand
J. Small, Edinburgh, 1862, 8vo, homilies interspersed with exempla, compiled ab.
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jean Jules Jusserand
On the whole subject of exempla see the Introduction to T. F. Crane’s edition of the Exempla of Jacques de Vitry, and the references given there.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
Caesarius narrates a great many other exempla concerning nuns, but I have quoted the most characteristic.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
The first treatise is profusely illustrated throughout by exempla taken from Caesarius of Heisterbach and similar sources and makes lively reading.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
