parable

1. a. Procurable. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To represent by parable. Source: opted

4. n. a short moral story (often with animal characters) Source: wordnet

5. n. (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

7. Procurable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Source: adambom

8. n:100 n. (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message Source: ecdict

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