What is another word for "example"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "example": abecedarian, adviser, among, and, angel, apostle, bear, benefactor, brick, chalk, clergy, coach, community, crammer, dame, demigod, diamond, director, disciplinarian, dominie, don, dry, duckling, duenna, earth, expositor, fellow, for, gem, gentleman, good, governess, governor, grinder, guide, guru, hero, heroine, honest, imitation.