ALL meanings of parable
par·a·ble
P p - noun parable story with a moral 1
- noun parable a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. 1
- noun parable a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like. 1
- countable noun parable A parable is a short story, which is told in order to make a moral or religious point, like those in the Bible. 0
- noun parable a short story that uses familiar events to illustrate a religious or ethical point 0
- noun parable any of the stories of this kind told by Jesus Christ 0
- noun parable a short, simple story, usually of an occurrence of a familiar kind, from which a moral or religious lesson may be drawn 0