Parable vs Exemplum - What's the difference?
parable | exemplum |
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:
An example.
A story demonstrating a moral point.
*1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 90:
*:In the Middle Ages preachers had enlivened their sermons with exempla – edifying tales of judgements upon sinners and mercies shown to the pious.
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As nouns the difference between parable and exemplum
is that parable is a short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy while exemplum is an example.As a verb parable
is to represent by parable.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)