Bible Dictionaries
Parable

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Procurable.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(v. t.) To represent by parable.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Parable'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/parable.html. 1828.