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plural parables
A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy. examples
third-person singular simple present parables, present participle parabling, simple past and past participle parabled
(transitive) To represent by parable. quotations examples
Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled.
1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], book
comparative more parable, superlative most parable
(obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable. quotations
The most parable and easy, and about which many are employed, is to teach a school, turn lecturer or curate […] .
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps
well-wishers unto parable Physick
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […]