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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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In the background of a gut-wrenching new album from Teller Bank$, there’s a preacher who sees himself in the biblical parable of Noah’s ark.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
There’s a reason why political stories are often chosen as parables for moral compromise.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of parable

Noun

But those earlier tales often used monstrousness as an allegory for male violence.

— Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
The question reminded me of the biblical allegory of Adam and Eve and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of allegory

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The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister An eerie fable that seems to take place across and outside of time, The Bog Wife is already a classic of the modern bog-core genre.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
There is this Indian fable of a king whose heart resided in a parrot.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of fable

Noun

But what sticks is the potential of fanfic narratives, born of the desire to see resonant characters in new dynamics and situations.

— Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026
The narrative was that the property insurance market was being crushed by litigation, fraudulent claims, contractors and, yes, the lawyers who represented policyholders.

— Matthew T. Christ, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of narrative

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