an anecdote that supports a moral point or sustains an argument, used esp in medieval sermons
2.
an example or illustration
Word origin
from Latin: example
Examples of 'exempla' in a sentence
exempla
Simple exempla are shown to illustrate how words representing a category can be distinguished from words representing individual members.
Mauro Ursino, Cristiano Cuppini, Elisa Magosso 2010, 'A computational model of the lexical-semantic system, based on a grounded cognitionapproach', Frontiers in Psychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00221/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)