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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpaɹəbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.bəl/, /ˈpɛɹ.ə.bəl/
- Rhymes: -æɹəbəl
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English parable, from Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison”). Doublet of parabola, parole, and palaver.
Noun
[edit]parable (plural parables)
- A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
- In the New Testament the parables told by Jesus Christ convey His message, as in "The parable of the prodigal son".
- Catholic homilies normally draw on at least one Biblical lecture, often parables.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]short story illustrating a lesson
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Verb
[edit]parable (third-person singular simple present parables, present participle parabling, simple past and past participle parabled)
- (transitive) To represent by parable.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
- Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled.
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin parābilis, from parāre (“to prepare, procure”).
Adjective
[edit]parable (comparative more parable, superlative most parable)
- (obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
- The most parable and easy, and about which many are employed, is to teach a school, turn lecturer or curate […] .
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- well-wishers unto parable Physick
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Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin parare (“to ward off”)
Adjective
[edit]parable (plural parables)
- preventable (able to be or fit to be prevented)
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[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]parable (plural parables)
- A parable or narrative (usually teaching or illustrating a lesson)
- A maxim or byword, a short phrase or quip teaching or illustrating a lesson.
- A oration or session of speaking, especially one full of invective; a diatribe or rant.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “parā̆ble, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.
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