EXEMPLUM


Meaning of EXEMPLUM in English

-ˈzempləm noun

( plural exem·pla -lə)

Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin, model, example, copy

1. : an anecdote or short narrative used (as in a medieval sermon) to point a moral or sustain an argument

2.

[Latin]

: example , model

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