Par″a‐ble, n. [F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. � a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. � to throw beside, compare; παρά beside + � to throw; cf. Skr. gal to drop. Cf. Emblem, Gland, Palaver, Parabola, Parley, Parabole, Symbol.] 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.