Allegory

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 23

alle-go-ri, n. A story in which the direct and literal meaning is not the real or principal one, but images forth some important truth; figurative description. — Allegoric, -g5r'ik, -ical, a. In the manner of, etc.; figurative. — Allegorize, -riz, v. t. [ allegorized (-rizd), -rizing.] To ioriTi or turn into, etc.; to understand in an allegorical sense. — v. i. To use, etc. — All ego riza'tion, n.