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thumb|A page from ' by An exemplum (Latin for "example", exempla', exempli gratia = "for example", abbr.: e.g.'') is a moral anecdote, brief or extended, real or fictitious, used to illustrate a point. The word is also used to express an action performed by another and used as an example or model.
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- Exemplary literature
- Three examples of exempla
- "The Two City Dwellers and the Country Man"
- "The King And His Wife"
- "The Cursed Dancers of Colbeck"
- Bibliography
- References
thumb|A page from ' by An exemplum (Latin for "example", exempla', exempli gratia = "for example", abbr.: e.g.'') is a moral anecdote, brief or extended, real or fictitious, used to illustrate a point. The word is also used to express an action performed by another and used as an example or model.
==Exemplary literature==
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