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allegory

al.le.go.ry \'al-*-.go-r-e-, -.go.r-\ n [ME allegorie, fr. L allegoria, fr. 
   Gk alle-goria, fr. ]alle-gorein to speak figuratively, fr. allos other + 
   -agorein to speak publicly, fr. agora assembly - more at ELSE, GREGARIOUS 
   1a: the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths 
   or generalizations about human conduct or experience 1b: an instance 
   of such expression  2: a symbolic representation : EMBLEM