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Parable

Parable Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Parable? [n] a short moral story (often with animal characters) [n] (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Parable: allegory \| apologue \| fable Related Terms \| Find terms related to Parable: adventure story \| allegory \| apologue \| bedtime story \| comparison \| detective story \| fable \| fabliau \| fairy tale \| fantasy \| fiction \| folk story \| folktale \| gest \| ghost story \| horse opera \| legend \| lesson \| love story \| Marchen \| mystery \| mystery story \| myth \| mythology \| mythos \| nursery tale \| romance \| science fiction \| shocker \| similitude \| space fiction \| space opera \| suspense story \| thriller \| Western \| Western story \| Westerner \| whodunit \| work of fiction See Also \| Aesop's fables \| story Parable In Webster's Dictionary \Par"able\, a. [L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide.] Procurable. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. \Par"able\, n. [F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. ? a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. ? to throw beside, compare; ? beside + ? to throw; cf. Skr. gal to drop. Cf. {Emblem}, {Gland}, {Palaver}, {Parabola}, {Parley}, {Parabole}, {Symbol}.] 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. To represent by parable. [R.] Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. --Milton.

Parable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Parable?

[n] a short moral story (often with animal characters)
[n] (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Parable: allegory | apologue | fable

See Also | Aesop's fables | story

Parable In Webster's Dictionary

\Par"a*ble\, a. [L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide.]
Procurable. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.


\Par"a*ble\, n. [F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. ? a
placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a
parable, fr. ? to throw beside, compare; ? beside + ? to
throw; cf. Skr. gal to drop. Cf. {Emblem}, {Gland},
{Palaver}, {Parabola}, {Parley}, {Parabole}, {Symbol}.]
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.
To represent by parable. [R.]

      Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. --Milton.

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