Definitions for parable

parable par·a·ble

Spelling: [par-uh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈpær ə bəl/

Parable is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in parable (aabelpr).

Definitions for parable

noun

  1. a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
  2. a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like.

Origin of parable

1275-1325; Middle English parabil Late Latin parabola comparison, parable, word Greek parabolḗ comparison, equivalent to para- para-1 + bolḗ a throwing

Examples for parable

He recounts a parable that has long been a staple of dairy farm folklore.

We remember the marks of the true intercessor as the parable taught us them.

Not one of them who would not quote with approval the parable of the Wedding Guest.

What does the parable of the Pounds show us that we should do?

What seems at first to be novel about gender inequity gradually reveals itself to be a parable about social class.

Expecting otherwise is enough to make one recite the parable of the Old Woman and the Snake.

Equilateral can be read as a parable of the ways we blind ourselves through vanity, love, and greed.

When this room had last been lighted, the parable of the Virgins of the Lamps was yet unspoken.

It is to such that the unlimited prayer promises of the parable are given.

For proof, please open your Seinfeld textbook to episode 174, that parable called “The Frogger.”

Word Value for parable
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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