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MORALITY PLAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("morality play" is a kind of...):
drama; dramatic play; play (a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage)