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Word: Parable
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French parabole, from an ecclesiastical Latin sense ‘discourse, allegory’ of Latin parabola ‘comparison’, from Greek parabolē (see parabola)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈparəbl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels
Short Definition:simple story used to illustrate moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in Gospels
Examples:- the parable of the blind men and the elephant
- a modern-day parable
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