pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type;
archetype, antitype†; protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample†,
paradigm; lay-figure.
text, copy, design; fugleman†, keynote.
die, mold; matrix, last, plasm†; proplasm†, protoplasm; mint; seal,
punch, intaglio, negative; stamp.
V. be an example, be a role model, set an example; set a copy.
Phr. a precedent embalms a principle [Lat.Tran] [Disraeli]; exempla
sunt odiosa [Lat.].