parable

Noun
  1. A short moral story (often with animal characters) (synset 106383718)
    is a type of: story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
    subtypes: aesop's fables - a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop
    specific instances: pilgrim's progress - an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678
    same as: allegory, apologue, fable
  2. (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message (synset 106384713)
    "the parable of the prodigal son"
    referred to in: new testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
    is a type of: story - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events

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