1. A short moral story (often with animal characters)
   - fable, allegory, apologue 
2. (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message
   "the parable of the prodigal son"

Derived forms: parables

See also: parabolic

Type of: story

Encyclopedia: Parable

• paradise
• paradise flower
• paradise tree
• Paradisea liliastrum
• paradisiac
• paradisiacal
• paradox
• paradoxical
• paradoxical sleep
• paradoxically
• Paradoxurus
• paraduodenal smear
• paraenesis
• paraesthesia
• paraffin
• paraffin oil
• paraffin scale
• paraffin series
• paraffin wax
• parafovea
• paragenesis
• paragliding
• paragon
• paragonite
• paragraph