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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
parable/ˈparəbl/

▶noun a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.

– origin ME: from OFr. parabole, from an eccles. L. sense ‘discourse, allegory’ of L. parabola ‘comparison’, from Gk parabolē (see parabola).

'parable' also found in these Oxford entries:

comparable - Haggadah - prodigal - stony

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'metaphor' vs 'parable'
[He] aims for parable but comes closer to pat

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