parable

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parable (enc)

Noun	1.	parable - a short moral story (often with animal characters) allegory, apologue, fable 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 Pilgrim's Progress - an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678
	2.	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

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