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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
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
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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