Related Words for parable

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