epitome

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Not even Loren Pierce's railing commentary on the pastor's introduction of an outlandish word like "epitome" -- clearly forbidden by the Discipline's injunction to plain language understood of the people -- availed to sap the satisfaction of the majority.

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  1. noun A representative or perfect example of a class or type: "He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual” (Paul Kennedy).
  2. noun A brief summary, as of a book or article; an abstract.

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  • Anas Zubedy can aptly be described as the epitome of the "third voice" in Malaysian politics. he placed a full-page ad recently urging politicians to focus on the economy.
  • The game-winning drive will be put in the Roethlisberger time capsule as the epitome of what has made him one of this generation's greats. —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • Not all oil is alike when it comes to environmental impact, and many environmentalists single out production from the oil sands as the epitome of "dirty oil." —  Trade Observatory
  • Foreigner's histrionic "Hot Blooded" - is depicted as the epitome of everything the protagonist despises. —  STLtoday.com Top News Headlines
  • Some great choices on their list: Ditka ( "stands as the epitome of everything we fight against"), Ira Glass ( "starting to sound like nails on a chalkboard"),
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  1. Latin epitomē, a summary, from Greek, an abridgment, from epitemnein, to cut short : epi-, epi- + temnein, to cut; see tem- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin epitome, epitoma, from Greek ἐπιτομή, an abridgment, also a surface-incision, from ἐπιτέμνειν, cut upon the surface, cut short, abridge, from ἐπί, upon, + τέμνειν, ταμεῖν, cut.
 

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