1. parable - Noun
2. parable - Adjective
3. parable - Verb
Procurable.
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.
To represent by parable.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEvery happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message. Malcolm Muggeridge
All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable. Paul Claudel
The parable of a man greedy of this world is the parable of the silk worm: the more it winds the thread round itself the farther it becomes from salvation, until it dies of grief. Muhammad al-Baqir
Every perfect life is a parable invented by God. Simone Weil
Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith. Austin Farrer
If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable rather than its literal narrative. Peter Morgan