About The Word Parable
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Parable
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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"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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