Word of the Day: Allegory

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- Allegory -

pronounced [al-uh-gawr-ee, -gohr-ee]

noun, plural -ries.

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 Piers Plowman.

3. emblem (def. 3 ) .

Origin

late 14c., from O.Fr. allegorie, from L. allegoria, from Gk. allegoria "figurative language, description of one thing under the image of another," lit. "a speaking about something else," from allos "another, different" (see alias) + agoreuein "speak openly, speak in the assembly,"

from agora "assembly."

Related Words
apologue, fable, parable, emblem

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