Meanings (ES + gloss)
dechado • padrón
A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue who would never compromise her reputation.
That thou might'st cherish for thine own / The riches of sweet Mary's son, / Boy-Rabbi, Israel's paragon.
paragón (desus.) • parangón
Comparison; competition.
good by paragone / Of euill, may more notably be rad, / As white seemes fairer, macht with blacke attone […].
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