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;...

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...

writing styles give such abbreviations without punctuation, as ie and eg. Exemplum virtutis a model of virtue exercitus sine duce corpus est sine spiritu...

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...

PMID 13577116. Wilcox, Amanda (2008). "Nature's monster: Caligula as exemplum in Seneca's dialogues". In Sluiter, Ineke; Rosen, Ralph M (eds.). Kakos:...

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,...

people—and then proceeds to tell a moral tale. The tale itself is an extended exemplum. Setting out to kill Death, three young men encounter an Old Man who says...