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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | a short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson | 58 sets | |
| 2 | a short moral story (often with animal characters) | 37 sets | |
| 3 | a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson | 27 sets | |
| 4 | to throw a story in for comparison while teaching a lesson or moral | 26 sets | |
| 5 | a simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson | 24 sets | |
| 6 | a simple story that contains a message or truth | 17 sets | |
| 7 | a story that operates on more than one level and usually teaches a moral lesson | 16 sets | |
| 8 | short, simple story teaching a moral | 15 sets | |
| 9 | (n.) a short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson | 14 sets | |
| 10 | a simple story from which a moral lesson may be drawn | 14 sets | |
| 11 | a short moral story | 13 sets | |
| 12 | a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson | 11 sets | |
| 13 | n. a brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral. | 11 sets | |
| 14 | a brief story, told or written in order to teach a moral lesson | 9 sets | |
| 15 | a story that is thrown in for comparison while teaching a lesson or moral | 9 sets | |
| 16 | short simple story teaching a moral | 9 sets | |
| 17 | a story that teaches a religious idea | 9 sets | |
| 18 | a short story with a message | 8 sets | |
| 19 | a brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral. | 8 sets | |
| 20 | a short tale that teaches a moral; similar to but shorter than an allegory | 8 sets | |
| 21 | a story that instructs. | 7 sets | |
| 22 | a simple story from which a moral can be drawn | 7 sets | |
| 23 | a simple story to convey a moral truth | 7 sets | |
| 24 | a brief and often simple narrative that illustrates a moral or religious lesson. some of the best-known are in the bible where jesus uses them to teach his disciples. | 7 sets | |
| 25 | a short descriptive story whose purpose is to illustrate a lesson or moral | 7 sets | |
| 26 | a relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson, about how to lead a good life. | 7 sets | |
| 27 | a story that teaches a religious idea. | 6 sets | |
| 28 | (n.) a short narrative designed to teach a moral lesson *syn* moral tale, fable, allegory | 6 sets | |
| 29 | a story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived. | 5 sets | |
| 30 | story that teaches a lesson | 5 sets | |
| 31 | a story that teaches a lesson | 5 sets | |
| 32 | a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. | 5 sets | |
| 33 | a short, descriptive story that illustrates a particular belief or moral. | 5 sets | |
| 34 | a moralistic story | 5 sets | |
| 35 | a story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived | 5 sets | |
| 36 | (new testament) any of the stories told by jesus to convey his religious message | 5 sets | |
| 37 | a short descriptive story that illustrates a particular belief or moral | 5 sets | |
| 38 | a story, like those that jesus told, to explain the things that he taught; a saying or a story from which you can understand two things; a story that has a secret meaning. | 4 sets | |
| 39 | a short story that teaches a lesson about a moral dilemma | 4 sets | |
| 40 | a story with a moral message or lesson | 4 sets | |