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parable

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  1. allegory              
 
par.a.ble \'par-*-b*l\ \.par-*-'ba:l-ik\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. LL parabola, 
   fr. Gk parabole-, fr. paraballe]in to compare, fr. para- + ballein to throw 
   - more at DEVIL : COMPARISON; specif : a usu. short fictitious story that 
   il lustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle - par.a.bol.ic aj