morality play


noun
  1. an allegorical form of the drama current from the 14th to 16th centuries and employing such personified abstractions as Virtue, Vice, Greed, Gluttony, etc.

Origin of morality play

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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morality play

noun
  1. a type of drama written between the 14th and 16th centuries concerned with the conflict between personified virtues and vices

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