English-Thai Dictionary

parable

N เรื่องสั้น ที่ สั่งสอน ศีลธรรม  นิทาน สุภาษิต  fable moral story ruang-san-ti-sang-son-sin-la-tam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARABLE

n.[L. parabilis.] Easily procured. [Not used. ]

 

PARABLE

n.[L. parabola; Gr. to throw forward or against, to compare to or against; as in confero, collatum, to set together, or one thing with another. ] A fable or allegorical relation or representation of something real in life or nature, from which a moral is drawn for instruction; such as the parable of the trees choosing a king, Judges 9:7-2 .; the parable of the poor man and his lamb. 2 Samuel 12:1-14.; the parable of the ten virgins, Matthew 25:1-13.

 

PARABLE

v.t.To represent by fiction or fable.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARABLE

Par "a *ble, a. Etym: [L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide. ]

 

Defn: Procurable. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.

 

PARABLE

Par "a *ble, n. Etym: [F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. gal to drop. Cf. Emblem, Gland, Palaver, Parabola, Parley, Parabole, Symbol. ]

 

Defn: A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ. Chaucer. Declare unto us the parable of the tares. Matt. xiii. 36.

 

Syn. -- See Allegory, and Note under Apologue.

 

PARABLE

PARABLE Par "a *ble, v. t.

 

Defn: To represent by parable. [R.] Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

parable

par a ble |ˈparəbəl ˈpɛrəbəl | ▶noun a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French parabole, from an ecclesiastical Latin sense ‘discourse, allegory ’ of Latin parabola ‘comparison, ’ from Greek parabolē (see parabola ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

parable

par |able |ˈparəb (ə )l | ▶noun a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French parabole, from an ecclesiastical Latin sense ‘discourse, allegory ’ of Latin parabola ‘comparison ’, from Greek parabolē (see parabola ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

parable

parable noun the parable of the prodigal son: allegory, moral story /tale, fable, exemplum.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

parable

parable noun the parable of the prodigal son: allegory, moral story, moral tale, fable, lesson, exemplum; Judaism Haggadah; rare apologue.

 

Duden Dictionary

Parablepsie

Pa ra blep sie Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Parableps ie |die Parablepsie; Genitiv: der Parablepsie, Plural: die Parablepsien griechisch-neulateinisch Sehstörung

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

parable

par a ble /pǽrəb (ə )l /名詞 C たとえ話, 寓話 （ぐうわ ）; 比喩 ▸ speak in parables ｟文 大げさに ｠たとえ話をする