Parable vs Edify - What's the difference?
parable | edify |
A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy
To represent by parable.
(obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.
*, vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.306:
To build, construct.
* , III.i:
To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
* Gibbon
* 1813 , The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Vol. VI , page 455
In lang=en terms the difference between parable and edify
is that parable is to represent by parable while edify is to instruct or improve morally or intellectually.As verbs the difference between parable and edify
is that parable is to represent by parable while edify is to build, construct.As a noun parable
is a short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.As an adjective parable
is (obsolete) that can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.parable
English
(wikipedia parable)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (=modern) .Noun
(en noun)- ''In the New Testament the parables told by Jesus convey His message, as in "The parable of the prodigal son"
- ''Catholic sermons normally draw on at least one Biblical lecture, often parables .
See also
* fable * allegory * pericope * simileVerb
(parabl)- Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled . — Milton.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- The most parable and easy, and about which many are employed, is to teach a school, turn lecturer or curate [...].
- (Sir Thomas Browne)
Anagrams
* ----edify
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(en-verb)- That Castle was most goodly edifyde , / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde
- It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public.
- That they ought to edify one another by maintaining and promoting the knowledge of truth.
- (Francis Bacon)