exemplum

It is an exemplum from the perspective of many.

The face of the exemplum virtutis appeared on the dollar bill.

In the course of the narrative he seems to treat Griselda's story as an exemplum.

The word sampler is derived from the Latin 'exemplum' - an example.

He was the exemplum for the English standard.

While a romance, the saga, at least in its early versions, also positions itself as an exemplum.

The story is often used in culture as an exemplum cautioning against hasty action.

These fragments constellate to form an exemplum of what Pound calls "clear song".

Joan was used as an exemplum in Dominican preaching.

The third, and by far the longest, exemplum (ll.

The aunt might tell a character anecdote about the grandmother for entertainment, or an exemplum as moral instruction.

The tale itself is an extended exemplum.

It's a filthy killing, Lord, it's a bloody horrible exemplum to lay before the human race!

The mad on display functioned as a moral exemplum of what might happen if the passions and appetites were allowed to dethrone reason.

The zeroHouse design is an exemplum of cutting edge green building because of its abilities to function without any utility connections to outside sources.

Exemplum in memoriam Kwangju for large orchestra (1981)

This exemplum, explained by lines 171-192, follows directly from the previous sartorial metaphor and serves to show why the hearers should give attention to cleanness.

"What reasons, ad exemplum?"

Privilegium non transit in exemplum.

Elsewhere, he is shown as an exemplum of the Christian life, spoon-feeding a leprous monk as his squeamish courtiers back away.

There follows another exemplum, this time of the linguistic scholarship that enables us to read these old poetries and the specific attention to words this study requires.

The third exemplum, "The Cursed Dancers of Colbeck," is a prose, rather than a poetic, narrative.

Of quite fundamental importance to our understanding of the special nature of the fabliau is an appreciation of its relationship with the exempla (singular exemplum).

The poem's linking of an observed experience, or exemplum, to a final maxim, or sententia, is typical of a Horatian satire.

Quod alicui gratiose conceditur trahi non debet ab aliis in exemplum.