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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| allegory | /xxx | Noun, Noun |
| fable | /x | Noun, Noun |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| sower | /x | Noun |
| proverb | /x | Noun |
| tale | / | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| folktale | /x | Noun |
| prophetic | x/x | Adjective |
| prodigal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| verse | / | Noun |
| simile | /xx | Noun |
| story | /x | Noun |
| midrash | /x | Noun |
| analogy | x/xx | Noun |
| redemptive | x/x | Adjective |
| beatitudes | x/xx | Noun |
| retelling | x/x | Noun |
| biblical | /xx | Noun |
| disciple | x/x | Noun |
| cautionary | /xxx | Adjective |
| paradigmatic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| servant | /x | Noun |
| eschatological | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| pericope | xx/ | Noun |
| apostle | x/x | Noun |
| aphorism | /xxx | Noun |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| gospel | /x | Noun |
| anecdote | /xx | Noun |
| pharisee | /xx | Name |
| beggar | /x | Noun |
| apocalyptic | xxx/x | Noun |
| instructive | x/x | Adjective |
| prophet | /x | Noun |
| prophecy | /xx | Noun |
| sermon | /x | Noun |
| fairy | /x | Noun |
| exhortation | xx/x | Noun |
| psalm | / | Noun |
| epigram | /xx | Noun |
| satire | /xx | Noun |
| lesson | /x | Noun |
| prologue | /x | Noun |
| nobleman | /xx | Noun |
| symbolical | x/xx | Adjective |
| poignant | /x | Adjective |
| serpent | /x | Noun |
| shepherd | /x | Noun |
| dramatization | xxx/x | Noun |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| platitude | /xx | Noun |
| archetypal | //x | Noun |
| homily | /xx | Noun |
| truism | /xx | Noun |
| exemplum | x/x | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| hearers | /x | Noun |
| scriptural | /xx | Adjective |
| wiseman | /x | Name |
| scripture | /x | Noun |
| leper | /x | Noun |
| symbolist | /xx | Noun |
| text | / | Noun |
| preaching | /x | Noun |
| teaching | /x | Noun |
| devotional | x/xx | Adjective |
| analects | xxx | Name |
| paraphrase | /xx | Noun |
| good word | // | Phrase, Noun |
| reading | /x | Noun |
| proposition | xx/x | Noun |
| catechism | /xxx | Noun |
| parochial school | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| trial | /x | Noun |
| bible | /x | Name |
| pastoral | /xx | Noun |
| formula | /xx | Noun |
| type | / | Noun |
| meditation | xx/x | Noun |
| prophesying | /xxx | Noun |
| testimony | /xxx | Noun |
| patron saint | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| rite | / | Noun |
| altar | /x | Noun |
| ceremonial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| chapter and verse | /x// | Phrase, Noun |
| symbol | /x | Noun |
| typology | x/xx | Noun |
| ordinary | /xxx | Adjective |
| parson | /x | Noun |
| tablet | /x | Noun |
| vita | /x | Noun |
| passion play | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| conventional wisdom | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| trope | x | Noun |
| brotherhood | /xx | Noun |
| theology | x/xx | Noun |
| doctrine | /x | Noun |
| pilgrimage | /xx | Noun |
| recollection | xx/x | Noun |
| familiar | x/x | Adjective |
| recapitulation | xx/x/x | Noun |
| icon | /x | Noun |
| samaritan | x/xx | Name |
| tares | /x | Noun |
| dragnet | /x | Noun |
| husbandmen | /xx | Noun |
| publican | /xx | Noun |
| virgins | /x | Noun |
| cockle | /x | Noun |
| leaven | /x | Noun |
| lukan | xx | Adjective |
| dives | / | Noun |
| doorkeeper | /xx | Noun |
| vineyard | /x | Noun |
| matthean | /xx | Adjective |
| minas | /x | Noun |
| matthew | /x | Adverb |
| steward | /x | Noun |
| bridesmaids | /x | Noun |
| spake | / | Verb |
| inquisitor | x/xx | Noun |
| talents | /x | Noun |
| edenic | x/x | Adjective |
| markan | /x | Adjective |
| mote | / | Noun |
| householder | /xx | Noun |
| lazarus | /xx | Name |
| appendix | x/x | Noun |
| autobiographical | xxxx/xx | Adjective |
| ballad | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cameo | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| carnivalesque | /xx/ | Adjective |
| census | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chapter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| comic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| didactic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| dish | / | Noun, Verb |
| dynasty | /xx | Noun |
| elegy | /xx | Noun |
| emblematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| essay | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| fresco | /x | Noun, Verb |
| genesis | /xx | Noun |
| haiku | /x | Noun |
| illustration | xx/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| note | / | Noun, Verb |
| novel | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| ode | / | Noun |
| passage | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| problem | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| quote | / | Noun, Verb |
| saga | /x | Noun |
| satellite | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| saying | /x | Noun |
| sonnet | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tableau | x/ | Noun |
| vignette | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
