• (British) IPA: /ˈpaɹəbəl/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpæɹ.ə.bəl/

parable (plural parables)

1. A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

   In the New Testament the parables told by Jesus Christ convey His message, as in "The parable of the prodigal son".

   Catholic sermons normally draw on at least one Biblical lecture, often parables.

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• French: parabole
• German: Gleichnis, Gleichniserzählung, Gleichnisrede, Parabel
• Italian: parabola
• Portuguese: parábola
• Russian: при́тча
• Spanish: parábola

parable (parables, present participle parabling; past and past participle parabled)

1. (transitive) To represent by parable.
   • 1644, John Milton, The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce:

     Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled.

parable

1. (obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗:

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