parable

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Noun parable has 2 senses

fable, parable, allegory, apologue - a short moral story (often with animal characters)
--₁ is a kind of story
--₁ has particulars: Aesop's fables; Pilgrim's Progress
parable - (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son"
--₂ is a kind of story

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