Ex*em"plar (?), n. [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F. exemplaire. See Example, and cf. Examper, Sampler.]
1.
A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.
Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit.
South.
2.
A copy of a book or writing.
[Obs.]
Udall.
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Ex*em"plar, a.
Exemplary.
[Obs.]
The exemplar piety of the father of a family.
Jer. Taylor.
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