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noun a short moral story (often with animal characters)
noun (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message
originFrom Middle English parable, from Old French parable, parabole, from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison”). Doublet of parabola, parole, and palaver.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0