PARABLE

fable, parable, allegory, apologue

(noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters)

parable

(noun) (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; “the parable of the prodigal son”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

parable (plural parables)

A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

Verb

parable (third-person singular simple present parables, present participle parabling, simple past and past participle parabled)

(transitive) To represent by parable.

Etymology 2

Adjective

parable (comparative more parable, superlative most parable)

(obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.

Anagrams

• rapable

Source: Wiktionary

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Par"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide.]

Definition: Procurable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Par"a*ble, n. Etym: [F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. gal to drop. Cf. Emblem, Gland, Palaver, Parabola, Parley, Parabole, Symbol.]

Definition: A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ. Chaucer. Declare unto us the parable of the tares. Matt. xiii. 36.

Syn.

– See Allegory, and Note under Apologue.

Par"a*ble, v. t.

Definition: To represent by parable. [R.] Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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