Definition of "exempla" [exempla]

• Plural of exemplum. (noun)

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• ""exempla" designed for the use of preachers and the writings of the classical authors of antiquity."
• "Stuttgart ", No. 187, Tubingen, 1889), as one of the tales or" exempla "recounted by the Empress of Rome to the Emperor and the Seven Sages."
• "Storytelling, like that found in Proverbs 1-9, uses exempla - both negative and positive - to reinforce the desired behaviour."