Definitions for parables

parables par·a·ble

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

Parables is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 344 anagrams from letters in parables (aabelprs).

Definitions for parables

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 parables

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

Examples for parables

Whittier said, "But do they not always have an application, like the parables?"

The most beautiful fictions ever written were the parables of the Savior.

parables of complex societal problems being solved in a simple way by a pure-minded child are ubiquitous in North Korean culture.

The stories, most of them very short, have the blunt, evocative effect of parables or campfire tales.

"The Bible is filled with parables," said Mr. Talmadge, simply.

From here on, he was a philosopher, a sage, and his interviews were stuffed full of dicta, parables and eternal paradoxes.

In connexion with hair like that one must speak in parables.

The imaginative Raami turns within, summoning the parables, poems, dignity, humility, and wisdom of her father.

"Oh, don't talk in these parables," cried Flambeau impatiently.

What is true of proverbs, is true of all fables, parables, and allegories.

Word Value for parables
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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