MORALITY PLAY


Meaning of MORALITY PLAY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1879

1. : an allegorical play popular especially in the 15th and 16th centuries in which the characters personify abstract qualities or concepts (as virtues, vices, or death)

2. : something (as a court trial) which involves a direct conflict between right and wrong or good and evil and from which a moral lesson may be drawn

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.