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- An exemplum (Latin for "example", pl. exempla, exempli gratia = "for example", abbr.: e.g.) is a moral anecdote, brief or extended, real or fictitious...
- a prototype or model which others can use to understand a topic better Exemplum, medieval collections of short stories to be told in sermons Eixample,...
- Miniature cattle are found in various parts of the world. Some, such as the Dexter of Ireland and the Vechur of Kerala, India, are traditional breeds;...
- embroidered it and the date. The word sampler is derived from the Latin exemplum, which means 'example'. The earliest sampler extant is a spot sampler,...
- struggling English colonies when Puritan preachers began to use his life as an exemplum of the developing American spirit. On the eve of the American Revolution...
- symbolism of the second exemplum, ending with a description of God as strongly vengeful. The third, and by far the longest, exemplum (ll. 1149–1796) recounts...
- and humorous stories designed to make a point in a conversation, and the exemplum a priest would insert in a sermon belong into this tradition. Written collections...
- writing styles give such abbreviations without punctuation, as ie and eg. Exemplum virtutis a model of virtue exercitus sine duce corpus est sine spiritu...
- desires, using Helen of Troy's elopement with Paris as a mythological exemplum to support this argument. The poem is at least 20 lines long, though it...
- Klaret/Bartoloměj z Chlumce, who mentions the fairy tale as a preaching exemplum. It was later collected by one of the most famous Czech writers - Božena...