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exemplum
 
SYLLABICATION:ex·em·plum
PRONUNCIATION:  g-zmplm
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. ex·em·pla (-pl)
1. An example. 2. A brief story used to make a point in an argument or to illustrate a moral truth.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin. See example.
 
 
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