/ ˈpærəbl; NAmE / noun
a short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson, especially one of those told by Jesus as recorded in the Bible
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from Old French parabole , from an ecclesiastical Latin sense discourse, allegory of Latin parabola comparison, from Greek parabolē placing side by side, application, from para- beside + bolē a throw (from the verb ballein ).