Definition of parables Parables

/pɛˈɹʌbʌlz/ - [perubulz] -

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Noun Plural: parables
parable - (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son"
		story a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
		new testament the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
parable - a short moral story (often with animal characters)
		fable, allegory, apologue
		story a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
		aesop's fables a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop

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parable (Noun)
A short narrative illustrating a lesson usually religious/moral by comparison or analogy.
parable (Verb)
To represent by parable.
parable (Adjective)
That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.

parable (a.)
Procurable.
parable (n.)
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.
parable (v. t.)
To represent by parable.

parable
Short allegoric story used to illustrate a religious principle, especially those in the Gospels.

parable
par′a-bl, n. a comparison: a fable or story of something which might have happened, told to illustrate some doctrine, or to make some duty clear: (B.) an apologue, proverb (Ps. lxxviii. 2, Hab. ii. 6).—v.t. to represent by a parable.—adjs. Parabol′ic, -al, like a parable or a parabola: expressed by a parable: belonging to, or of the form of, a parabola.—adv. Parabol′ically. [Gr. parabolē—paraballein, to compare—para, beside, ballein, to throw.]