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n. (communication) | 1. allegory, apologue, fable, parable | a short moral story (often with animal characters). |
| ~ story | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events.; "he writes stories for the magazines" |
| ~ aesop's fables | a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop. |
| ~ pilgrim's progress | an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678. |
n. (communication) | 2. parable | (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message.; "the parable of the prodigal son" |
| ~ story | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events.; "he writes stories for the magazines" |
| ~ 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. |
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