Thesaurus: parable

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1. a. Procurable.
2. 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.
3. v. t. To represent by parable.
4. n. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
5. n. (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message
6. Procurable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. 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. To represent by parable. [R.] Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. Milton.
7. Procurable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
8. n:100 n. (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message