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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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References were made to the parable of the blind men and the elephant.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
Mandela’s life and South Africa’s history should never be flattened into a corporate parable.

— Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of parable

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Presented as an exhibition piece, the porch becomes an allegory for his origin story, a first runway and a place where fashion, storytelling and community convene.

— Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
This year, several projects moved away from a strictly realistic approach, embracing allegory, fantasy, the absurd and even myth.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of allegory

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There was some experimenting with the memoir being all letters, one big letter, or placed interstitially among narrative, but there were always going to be the letters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
The film blends historical scope with a visceral, lyrical narrative exploring Puerto Rico’s origins.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

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