Parable
PAR'ABLE, noun [Latin parabilis.] Easily procured. [Not used.]
PAR'ABLE, noun [Latin parabola; Gr. to throw forward or against, to compare to or against; as in confero, collatum, to set together, or one thing with another.] A fable or allegorical relation or representation of something real in life or nature, from which a moral is drawn for instruction; such as the parable of the trees choosing a king, [[Judges 9#1|Judges 9:1]]; the parable of the poor man and his lamb. [[2 Samuel 12#1|2 Samuel 12:1]]; the parable of the ten virgins, [[Matthew 25#1|Matthew 25:1]].