A brief story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson, as in the New Testament (7)

I believe the answer is:

parable

(Other definitions for parable that I've seen before include "Moral-carrying story" , "Biblical allegory" , "Meaningful story" , "Exemplum" , "Short moral story" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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