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# allegorical

«allegorical» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **standing for a deeper meaning, so that a story or picture…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (allegorical)

### meaning for a pupil

Allegorical means standing for a deeper meaning, so that a story or picture teaches a lesson through its people, animals or things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allegorical/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Some medieval Jewish thinkers read Sefer Yetzirah and parts of the Torah allegorically. Others held that the plain meaning must stay. In the primary lessons: in stories, a tale in which a character or animal stands for an idea like greed or kindness

### examples

- The fox in this tale is allegorical: it stands for greed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allegorical/#x1)
- Some fairy tales are allegorical and teach us to be kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allegorical/#x2)
- The picture is allegorical, with a dove showing peace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allegorical/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «allegorical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/allegorical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.