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.
Ex*em"plar, a. Exemplary.
[Obs.]
The exemplar piety of the father of a
family.
Jer. Taylor.