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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.