parable
noun /ˈpærəbl/
/ˈpærəbl/
- a short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson, especially one of those told by Jesus as recorded in the BibleTopics Literature and writingc2, Religion and festivalsc2Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French parabole, from an ecclesiastical Latin sense ‘discourse, allegory’ of Latin parabola ‘comparison’, from Greek parabolē ‘placing side by side, application’, from para- ‘beside’ + bolē ‘a throw’ (from the verb ballein).