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
parable (plural parables)
A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
parable (third-person singular simple present parables, present participle parabling, simple past and past participle parabled)
(transitive) To represent by parable.
parable (comparative more parable, superlative most parable)
(obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.
• 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
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
