Definitions
A story or image that uses symbols to express a deeper meaning.
Used in a sentence
“As some of the finest compositions among the ancients are in allegory, I have endeavoured, in several of my papers, to revive that way of writing, and hope I have not been altogether unsuccessful in it; […]”
“Allegory Metaphors continues still, / Which with new graces every sentence fill.”
“Allegory and Poetic Delineation, as I said above, cannot be religious Faith: the Faith itself must first be there, then Allegory enough will gather round it, as the fit body round its soul.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Symbolic story”8 letters
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