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bestiary

noun

Definition of bestiary

as in parable

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Recent Examples of bestiary Citizens of Louisiana only have to look up at their state flag to see an animal doing some pretty wild — and deeply symbolic — stuff out of a medieval bestiary. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025 This fair is also a bestiary, with many of its animal objects ready to serve. — Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 The second book is the bestiary full of dinosuars of all sizes and shapes. — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 In the bestiary, the animals representing the sins were related to animals that existed. — John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bestiary

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As nightmare thought experiments shape the fight over how to govern a multitrillion-dollar industry, some experts say the parables may lead decision-makers astray.

— Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026
Then Jesus appears and leads them through a joyful summer day of parables and prayer, in a New York City otherwise devoid of people.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of parable

Noun

In East of Eden, Pugh delivers yet another knock out performance as Cathy Ames, the distant mother and madam at the center of Steinbeck’s multigenerational family saga and biblical allegory.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
Is the morality fable at the end an allegory of purgatory or hell?

— The Week US, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of allegory

Noun

This keeps the performance informal and keeps the narrative — a staggering odyssey of injustices, abuses, travel adventures, extraordinary coincidences, losses, reunions, reflections and self-analysis — from becoming sensationalized.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Nakajima says the team leaves the fun of the original, its narrative structure and the feeling audiences take home untouched.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026

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