| Parable | n. [ F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. &unr_; a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. &unr_; to throw beside, compare; para` beside + &unr_; to throw; cf. Skr. gal to drop. Cf. Emblem, Gland, Palaver, Parabola, Parley, Parabole, Symbol. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Declare unto us the parable of the tares. Matt. xiii. 36. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- See Allegory, and Note under Apologue. [ 1913 Webster ] |