parable

n. நீதிக்கதை, உருவகக்கதை, பழமொழி.

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Par"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide.] Defn: Procurable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Par"a*ble, n. Etym: [F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. gal to drop. Cf. Emblem, Gland, Palaver, Parabola, Parley, Parabole, Symbol.] Defn: A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ. Chaucer. Declare unto us the parable of the tares. Matt. xiii. 36. Syn. -- See Allegory, and Note under Apologue. Par"a*ble, v. t. Defn: To represent by parable. [R.] Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. Milton.