Parable /(?)/
Par·a·ble
Parable
a.
- Procurable. [Obs.]
Parable
n.
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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.
Declare unto us the parable of the tares.
Parable
v. t.
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To represent by parable. [R.]
Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled.