单词 | parable people |
释义 | > as lemmasparable people parable people n. (a) a people given to telling parables as a means of illustrating or clarifying moral principles; (b) the people whose actions are narrated in a parable. ΚΠ 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. iv. 77 We Jews are a parable people. 1968 Amer. Lit. 39 579 Wilder deals with pageant and process, and his people are parable people. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 17 July 22 The parable-people in Plato's cave. < as lemmas |
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