the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Example
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
(2):
(n.) That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.
(3):
(n.) That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
(4):
(n.) That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
(5):
(n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.
(6):
(v. t.) To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Example'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/example.html. 1828.
