Parable

a. [Lat. parabilis, from parare, to prepare, provide.] Easily procured. [Obs.] Browne.

n. [Ger. parabel, Fr. parabole, Pr., Sp., It., & Lat. parabola, from Gr. παραβολή, a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, from παραβάλλειν, to throw beside, to compare, from παρά, beside, and βάλλειν, to throw.] A fable or allegorical relation or representation of something real in life or nature, from which a moral is drawn for instruction.

Synonyms—See APOLOGUE.