ensample

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Arguing that "mankind cannot be made good under compulsion," he quoted against Prohibition Chaucer's reference to the village parson: To drawen folk to heven by fairnesse By good ensample, this way his bisy-nesse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Angelo thought a moment and answered, humbly, "I give them an ensample of holiness."

From The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Van Dyke, Henry

The word "ensample" means type, or figure, or illustration.

From And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses by Chapman, J. Wilbur

Our morning walk in his garden will serve as an ensample.

From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by McIlwraith, Jean Newton

Spenser has among other passages And of fair Britomart ensample take, That was as true in love as turtle to her make.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown