parable
noun
[ ˈparəb(ə)l ]
• a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels.
• "the parable of the blind men and the elephant"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French parabole, from an ecclesiastical Latin sense ‘discourse, allegory’ of Latin parabola ‘comparison’, from Greek parabolē (see parabola).
