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parable

('p/&/r/@/b/@/l )

a short moral story (often with animal characters)(noun.communication)

Synonym:
allegory, apologue, fable

source: wordnet30
(New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message(noun.communication)

Example:
The parable of the prodigal son.

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

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