Associations to the word «Parable»
Noun
- Hades
- Plato
- Afterlife
- Mk
- Psalm
- Prophecy
- Bosom
- Jehovah
- Wandering
- Verse
- Depicting
- Servant
- Torment
- Rich
- Libretto
- Israelites
- Illustrated
- Wisdom
- Rabbi
- Telling
- Magdalene
- Myth
- Shepherd
- Feast
- Sufi
- Minnie
- Hadith
- Goat
- Babylon
- Meaning
- Laborer
- Cripple
- Installment
- Jester
- Ninety
- Lotus
- Ruskin
- Supposition
- Temptation
- Bantam
- Precept
- Healing
- Beggar
- Brothel
- Story
- Heaven
- Abraham
- Hymn
- Faithful
- Saying
- Mina
- Matt
- Tennyson
- Syriac
- Pulitzer
- Exposition
- Fig
- Compare
- Mysticism
- Ebert
- Evangelist
- Believer
- Persecution
- Nathan
- Explanation
- Op
- Illustration
- Morality
- Stanley
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PARABLE, noun. A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy
PARABLE, verb. (transitive) To represent by parable.
PARABLE, adjective. (obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.
Dictionary definition
PARABLE, noun. A short moral story (often with animal characters).
PARABLE, noun. (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.