S vs Parable - What's the difference?
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The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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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:
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As a noun parable is
a short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.As a verb parable is
to represent by parable.As an adjective parable is
(obsolete) that can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.s
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)Letter
Symbol
(wikipedia) (mul-symbol)See also
(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }}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)