#454 exemplary

exemplary- fit for imitation; model: an exemplary performance; serving as a warning: an exemplary jail sentence; representative; typical: an action exemplary of his conduct

exemplar- a person or thing to be copied or imitated; model

C14 from Latin exemplarium model, from exemplum example

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