Definitions for exemplum

exemplum ex·em·plum

Spelling: [ig-zem-pluh m]
IPA: /ɪgˈzɛm pləm/

Exemplum is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in exemplum (eelmmpux).

Definitions for exemplum

noun

  1. an example or model.
  2. an anecdote that illustrates or supports a moral point, as in a medieval sermon.

Origin of exemplum

1885-90; Late Latin, Latin: literally, a pattern, model, copy

Examples for exemplum

Certainly the convent never went to sleep in a sermon which had the tale of Chauntecleer and Pertelote for its exemplum.

Mr. De Morgan says "Plato," but to prevent confusion I have kept to my own exemplum.

This story is a sort of exemplum of the sin of pride and avarice.

exemplum sutorem pauperem sollicitavit ut corvum institueret ad parem salutationem.

Sub stricta instruens regula, uultu et habitu, sermone et uita, se eis in exemplum exhibuit.

exemplum: As David of Trebizond has told me, when they wipe out the population of a city, they know there will be a few survivors.

Transeat in exemplum—Let it stand as a precedent, or an example.

Word Value for exemplum
Scrable

21

Words with friends

26

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