Parable and Symbol

Parable

Parable noun - A short moral story (often with animal characters).

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Symbol and parable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Symbol" instead a noun "Parable".

Nearby Word: parabolical

Symbol noun - A device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark.

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Parable and symbol are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Parable" instead a noun "Symbol".

old	old parable	old symbol
original	original parable	original symbol
famous	famous parable	famous symbol
religious	religious parable	religious symbol
Other adjectives: Christian, said, Buddhist.

Crows (or ravens) appear to be a symbol for whatever strange malevolent force the schoolboys and Father Ernest awoke when they "parted the Veil." There's also the parable about a rabbit tricking its predators that alludes, very generally, to the events leading to the plot.

Source: Video Game / The Last Door
For clarification, that "great and abominable church" is not necessarily a reference to the medieval church or some other organized conspiracy, but is perhaps a symbol for man's pride and avarice in a parable/vision.

Source: Useful Notes / Mormonism
The Stanley Parable brings us the Stanley Parable Adventure Line from the "Confusion" ending, which has the symbol stuck on in the subtitles every time The Line is mentioned.

Source: Tradesnark

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