| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | par·a·ble |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p r  -bl |
| NOUN: | A simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin parabola, from Greek parabol , from paraballein, to compare : para-, beside; see para–1 + ballein, to throw; see gwel- in Appendix I.
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