Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An example.
  • noun A brief story used to make a point in an argument or to illustrate a moral truth.

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  • noun An example.
  • noun A story demonstrating a moral point.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin; see example.]

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From Latin exemplum ("example").

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Examples

  • Perhaps better suited is the term exemplum, a kind of allegorical story where a particular instance serves to illustrate a general religious theme in a sermon.

    Michael Gilmour: Anne Bronte's Religious Imagination Michael Gilmour 2012

  • Perhaps better suited is the term exemplum, a kind of allegorical story where a particular instance serves to illustrate a general religious theme in a sermon.

    Michael Gilmour: Anne Bronte's Religious Imagination Michael Gilmour 2012

  • While no one has done a statistical survey, but basing our examination on what I call exemplum analysis, which is in itself telling -- a way of ascertaining truthful aspects of movements in our systems, etc. -- we know that a great majority of the entire population of the country [of] Iran is vehemently against the Islamic Republic.

    Kathleen Wells, J.D.: Dr. Hossein Ziai Says Iran May See Another Revolution 2010

  • While no one has done a statistical survey, but basing our examination on what I call exemplum analysis, which is in itself telling - a way of ascertaining truthful aspects of movements in our systems, etc. - we know that a great majority of the entire population of the country [of] Iran is vehemently against the Islamic Republic.

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  • While no one has done a statistical survey, but basing our examination on what I call exemplum analysis, which is in itself telling - a way of ascertaining truthful aspects of movements in our systems, etc. - we know that a great majority of the entire population of the country [of] Iran is vehemently against the Islamic Republic.

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  • While no one has done a statistical survey, but basing our examination on what I call exemplum analysis, which is in itself telling - a way of ascertaining truthful aspects of movements in our systems, etc. - we know that a great majority of the entire population of the country [of] Iran is vehemently against the Islamic Republic.

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  • While no one has done a statistical survey, but basing our examination on what I call exemplum analysis, which is in itself telling - a way of ascertaining truthful aspects of movements in our systems, etc. - we know that a great majority of the entire population of the country [of] Iran is vehemently against the Islamic Republic.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • While no one has done a statistical survey, but basing our examination on what I call exemplum analysis, which is in itself telling - a way of ascertaining truthful aspects of movements in our systems, etc. - we know that a great majority of the entire population of the country [of] Iran is vehemently against the Islamic Republic.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • While no one has done a statistical survey, but basing our examination on what I call exemplum analysis, which is in itself telling - a way of ascertaining truthful aspects of movements in our systems, etc. - we know that a great majority of the entire population of the country [of] Iran is vehemently against the Islamic Republic.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • While no one has done a statistical survey, but basing our examination on what I call exemplum analysis, which is in itself telling - a way of ascertaining truthful aspects of movements in our systems, etc. - we know that a great majority of the entire population of the country [of] Iran is vehemently against the Islamic Republic.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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  • JM put in his thumb and pulled out an exemplum and said "What a good boy am I!"

    February 6, 2009