nnoun.communicationa short moral story (often with animal characters)Synset:allegory apologue fable
Derivationally Related Form:allegoricalfabulousparabolicalfabulistallegorizeparabolicallegorise
Hypernyms:story
Inherited Hypernyms:fablestoryfictionliterary compositionwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Aesop's fables
Instance Hyponyms:Pilgrim's Progress
Full Hyponyms:aesop's fables
nnoun.communication(New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious messageTopic:New Testament
Examples:- the parable of the prodigal son
Derivationally Related Form:parabolicalparabolic
Hypernyms:story
Inherited Hypernyms:parablestoryfictionliterary compositionwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity