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1. (n.) parable
a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
2. parable
a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME parabil < LL parabola comparison, parable, word < Gk parabolē comparison)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fable, parable, allegory, apologue
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
2. (noun) parable
(New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message
"the parable of the prodigal son"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) parable
procurable
2. (noun) parable
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
3. (verb) parable
to represent by parable
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. parable
a short allegorical narrative intended to illustrate and convey some spiritual instruction.
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Sense: a story (especially in the Bible) which is intended to teach a lesson
Jesus told parables.
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 Afrikaans: gelykenis |
 Arabic: مَثَل |
 Bulgarian: притча |
 Brazilian: parábola |
 Czech: podobenství |
 German: die Parabel |
 Danish: parabel |
 Greek: παραβολή |
 Spanish: parábola |
 Estonian: mõistujutt |
 Farsi: حکایت |
 Finnish: paraabeli |
 French: parabole |
 Hebrew: מָשָׁל |
 Hindi: नीतिकथा |
 Croatian: priča sa moralnom porukom |
 Hungarian: példázat |
 Indonesian: perumpamaan |
 Icelandic: dæmisaga |
 Italian: parabola |
 Japanese: たとえ話 |
 Korean: 우화(寓話) |
 Lithuanian: parabolė, didaktinė alego |
 Latvian: līdzība; alegorija |
 Malay: cerita ibarat |
 Dutch: parabel |
 Norwegian: liknelse |
 Polish: przypowieść |
 Persian: حکایت |
 Pashto: لنده کیسی |
 Portuguese: parábola |
 Romanian: parabolă |
 Russian: притча |
 Slovak: podobenstvo |
 Slovenian: prilika |
 Serbian: alegorija |
 Swedish: parabel, liknelse |
 Thai: เรื่องสั้นที่สั่งสอนศีลธร |
 Turkish: dinî öykü, kıssa |
 Taiwanese: 寓言 |
 Ukrainian: притча; алегорія |
 Urdu: تمثيلي کہاني |
 Vietnamese: truyện ngụ ngôn |
 Chinese: 寓言 |
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