exemplary

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This made David so exemplary, and hath not Jesus Christ gone before you, (Heb.v. 7.) to lead the way?

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  1. adjective Worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary behavior.
  2. adjective Serving as a model.
  3. adjective Serving as an illustration; typical.

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  • The rest of Zanasi's cast is exemplary, as well: from parents to grandkids and especially the two siblings, played by the smart and sensual Giuseppe Battiston, who is simply ubiquitous these days. —  GreenCine Daily
  • When you turn on the news and hear vicious crimes described as tragic and horrific, or when you hear people's charitable works described as heartwarming and exemplary, that is good. —  Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Chukat-Balak 5769 - July 3, 2009 ]
  • Up to this time the conduct of the soldiers had been most exemplary, and they had borne their prolonged hardships without a murmur; and this outbreak was due as much to a spirit of revenge against the inhabitants, for hiding away great stores of provisions and liquor, with a view to making exorbitant profits, as from a desire to indulge in a luxury of which they had been so long deprived On the 15th the enemy's fire was hotter than ever; and the guns were withdrawn from our batteries, as they produced but little effect upon the Spanish batteries, and the men working them suffered a good deal from the besiegers' fire. —  Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83)
  • [293:2] This venerable man, who had been acquainted in his youth with the Apostle John, had long occupied a high position as a prudent, exemplary, and devoted minister. —  The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
  • For his private life it was exemplary--at least it looked so to the world, and the world is satisfied with what it sees. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Middle English exaumplarie, exemplere, an exemplar; see exemplar.

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  1. Early modern English also exemplarie, examplarie; from Late Latin exemplaris, that serves as a pattern or model: see exemplar, adjective
  2. from Late Latin exemplarium, also exemplaris, a copy: see exemplar.
 

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