a short moral story In most instances, I have closed my visits by reading some interesting story or parable. — Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

mid-13c., parabol, modern form from early 14c., "saying or story in which something is expressed in terms of something else," from Old French parable "parable, parabolic style in writin [..]

Parable [B] [S](Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote (1) a proverb ( 1 Samuel 10:12 ; 24:13 ; 2 Chr 7 [..]

a fable or story that is meant to show you how to behave towards others

a short story which teaches a moral

n. A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral.

a short work of fiction that illustrates an explicit moral but that, unlike a fable, lacks fantastic or anthropomorphic characters. Especially familiar examples are the stories attributed to Jesus in [..]

A short story intended to teach a moral lesson.

A short simple story illustrating a moral lesson. In a parable the story is developed not for its own sake but only in so far as it reinforces the moral, which is always explicit. The parables of Christ, such as those of the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son, are the most famous of this genre. Beckson and Ganz, Literary Terms:  A Dictionary. Paro [..]

A short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. A statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, [..]

A short story with an explicit moral lesson. Example: The Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:18–30).

(The word parable is in Greek parable (parabole) which signifies placing beside or together, a comparison, a parable is therefore literally a placing beside, a comparison, a similitude, an illustratio [..]

(Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote (1) a proverb (1 Sam. 10:12; 24:13; 2 Chr. 7:20), (2) a prophet [..]

A short, simple story, usually written in the form of an allegory, intended to convey an explicit moral lesson (the Prodigal Son) or religious principle (the parables of Jesus). Click here to learn mo [..]

From the Greek parabole, "a setting beside"; a brief moral tale. In parables, a spiritual truth is articulated by telling a simple story, usually serving as the basis for an extended [..]

(n) a short moral story (often with animal characters)(n) (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message

Story which has a spiritual interpretation, used to convey a teaching. Paradox

a short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson, especially one of the stories told by Jesus Christ and recorded in the Bible.

n. "parable; comparison," s.v. parable sb. OED. KEY: parable@n

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An everyday story told to convey a moral or religious lesson. The word comes from the Greek “parabole”, which means the placing of two things side by side for the sake of comparison.

A brief, succinct story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson.

Similar to a fable (except parables feature human characters, not animals) or an apologue, a parable is a short, didactic tale meant to convey a moral lesson. The New Testament is filled with parables [..]