Exemplum
[eg-ZEM-pləm]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, 15th century
1.
An example or model, especially a moralizing or illustrative story.
Examples of Exemplum in a sentence
"The first ‘Star Wars’ film is an exemplum of the belief that good eventually triumphs over evil."
"Before Shari gave me her keys, she told me that her last house sitter watered her plants, which I took as an exemplum."
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