SuaviloquyToday’s word

exemplification

Exemplification, n.

1. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.

2. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.

3. (Law)

A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for exemplification; he lists it under example, sample.

Where he writes about it:

An exemplification is an illustrative working out in action of a principle or law, without any reference to its being copied or repeated; an example guides, an exemplification illustrates or explains. — from example