allegory
11allegory — /al euh gawr ee, gohr ee/, n., pl. allegories. 1. a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. 2. a symbolical narrative: the allegory of… …
12allegory — [[t]æ̱lɪgəri, AM gɔːri[/t]] allegories 1) N COUNT: oft N of n An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political. The book is a kind of… …
13allegory — A method of interpretation or exposition where the words contain a secondary meaning, other than the straightforward one. John Bunyan s Pilgrim s Progress is an allegory. In the OT, Isa. (5:1 6) has an allegory of the vine. In Gal. 4:24 Paul uses …
14Allegory — Used only in Gal. 4:24, where the apostle refers to the history of Isaac the free born, and Ishmael the slave born, and makes use of it allegorically. Every parable is an allegory. Nathan (2 Sam. 12:1 4) addresses David in an allegorical… …
15allegory — UK [ˈæləɡ(ə)rɪ] / US [ˈæləɡərɪ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms allegory : singular allegory plural allegories literature a) a story, play, or poem in which the events and characters are used as symbols in order to express a moral,… …
16allegory — [14] Etymologically, allegory means ‘speaking otherwise’. It comes from a Greek compound based on allos ‘other’ (which is related to Latin alius, as in English alibi and alias, and to English else) and agoreúein ‘speak publicly’ (derived from… …
17allegory — noun Saramago s latest novel is an allegory of social disintegration Syn: parable, analogy, metaphor, symbol, emblem …
18allegory — al•le•go•ry [[t]ˈæl əˌgɔr i, ˌgoʊr i[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) the representation of spiritual, moral, or other abstract meanings through the actions of fictional characters that serve as symbols 2) an allegorical or figurative narrative, poem, or the… …
19allegory — /ˈæləgəri / (say aluhguhree), / gri/ (say gree) noun (plural allegories) 1. figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another; a presentation of an abstract or spiritual meaning under concrete or material forms. 2. a symbolic… …
20allegory — n. story or other representation in which the subject is expressed metaphorically or personified; parable. ♦ allegorical, a. ♦ allegorize, v.t. ♦ allegorism, n. interpreting Scripture as allegory. ♦ allegorist, n …
