a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like.
Origin of parable
1275–1325; Middle English parabil<Late Latin parabola comparison, parable, word <Greek parabolḗ comparison, equivalent to para-para-1 + bolḗ a throwing
When employees found they would be unable to deliver on Abovitz’s vision, Magic Leap went from being one of the most intriguing tech startups outside of Silicon Valley to a parable about believing one’s own hype.
Magic Leap tried to create an alternate reality. Its founder was already in one|Verne Kopytoff|September 26, 2020|Fortune
He recounts a parable that has long been a staple of dairy farm folklore.
The Secret to This Ice Cream: Pampered Cows|Jane & Michael Stern|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Expecting otherwise is enough to make one recite the parable of the Old Woman and the Snake.
Which Team Will Make History With Michael Sam Tonight?|Robert Silverman|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What seems at first to be novel about gender inequity gradually reveals itself to be a parable about social class.
American Dreams, 1924: ‘So Big’ by Edna Ferber|Nathaniel Rich|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Equilateral can be read as a parable of the ways we blind ourselves through vanity, love, and greed.
The 2013 Novel of the Year Is…|Nathaniel Rich|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For proof, please open your Seinfeld textbook to episode 174, that parable called “The Frogger.”
Sorry, Folks, Playing Dots Won’t Make You Smarter|Kent Sepkowitz|June 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The question is not answered; and there lies the crowning beauty of the parable.
The Literature and History of New Testament Times|J. Gresham (John Gresham) Machen
It is easy to see that the figures and actions are but a parable.
Life of Wagner|Louis Nohl
But who that reads the parable to the end can fail to see that in the highest sense Lazarus was not poor, but rich?
Practical Religion|John Charles Ryle
The fable or parable was anciently, as it is even now, a favourite weapon of the most successful orators.
The Fables of La Fontaine|Jean de la Fontaine
He took up his parable and told the story of his childhood and Louie's at the farm.
The History of David Grieve|Mrs. Humphry Ward
British Dictionary definitions for parable
parable
/ (ˈpærəbəl) /
noun
a short story that uses familiar events to illustrate a religious or ethical pointRelated adjectives: parabolic, parabolical
any of the stories of this kind told by Jesus Christ
Derived forms of parable
parabolist (pəˈræbəlɪst), noun
Word Origin for parable
C14: from Old French parabole, from Latin parabola comparison, from Greek parabolē analogy, from paraballein to throw alongside, from para-1 + ballein to throw