Exemplar

(egz-ĕm'plar), n. [Lat. exemplar, exemplare, exemplarium, from exemplum; Fr. exemplaire. See EXAMPLER and EXAMPLE.] A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; an idea or image formed in the mind of an artist, to which he conforms his work; the ideal model which he attempts to imitate.

Such grand exemplars as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. South.