MORALITY PLAY

Meaning of MORALITY PLAY in English

■ noun a kind of drama presenting a moral lesson and having personified abstract qualities as the main characters, popular in the 15th and early 16th centuries.

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MORALITY PLAY — noun Date: 1879 an allegorical play popular especially in the 15th and 16th centuries in which the characters personify abstract …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MORALITY PLAY — Allegorical drama of 15th–16th-century Europe. The plays' characters personified moral qualities (such as charity or vice) or abstractions (such as …
Английский словарь Британика
MORALITY PLAY — I. noun : an allegorical play popular especially in the 15th and 16th centuries in which the characters personify moral …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORALITY PLAY — an allegorical form of the drama current from the 14th to 16th centuries and employing such personified abstractions as Virtue, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MORALITY PLAY — allegorical play that deals with ethical issues
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MORALITY PLAY — Date: 1879 1. : an allegorical play popular especially in the 15th and 16th centuries in which the characters personify …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MORALITY PLAY — Function: noun Date: 1879 1 : an allegorical play popular especially in the 15th and 16th centuries in which the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MORALITY PLAY — [morality play] n (1929) 1: an allegorical play popular esp. in the 15th and 16th centuries in which the characters …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MORALITY PLAY — also called Morality, an allegorical drama popular in Europe especially during the 15th and 16th centuries, in which the characters …
Britannica English vocabulary
MORALITY PLAY — noun a type of play that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries and was intended to teach a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORALITY PLAY — Allegorical drama of 15th16th-century Europe. The plays' characters personified moral qualities (such as charity or vice) or abstractions (such as …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MORALITY PLAY — театр.; ист. миракль
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MORALITY PLAY — Моралите
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MORALITY PLAY — театр.; истор. миракль
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MORALITY PLAY — театр. ; ист. "моралите"
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MORALITY PLAY — театр.; ист. "моралите"
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MORALITY PLAY — театр.; ист. миракль
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PLAY — I In zoology, actions that have all the elements of purposeful behaviour but are performed for no apparent reason. Play …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORALITY — məˈraləd.ē, mȯˈ-, mōˈ-, -ətē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English moralitee, from Middle French moralité, from Late Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORALITY — (n.) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing …
Английский словарь Webster
MORALITY — (n.) The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often …
Английский словарь Webster
MORALITY — ( n. ) The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MORALITY — ( n. ) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MORALITY — /meuh ral"i tee, maw-/ , n. , pl. moralities for 4-6. 1. conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLAY — I. ˈplā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plega; akin to Old English plegan to play, Middle Dutch pleyen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLAY — noun amusement; sport; frolic; gambols. 2. play ·noun performance on an instrument of music. 3. play ·noun to act on …
Webster English vocab
MORALITY — noun intent; meaning; moral. 2. morality ·noun the doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in …
Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLAY — / pleɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb OF CHILDREN 1. play (with sb/sth) to do things for pleasure, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORALITY — / məˈræləti; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ U ] principles concerning right and wrong or good …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MORALITY — mo ‧ ral ‧ i ‧ ty /məˈræləti, məˈrælɪti/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ moral …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
MORALITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 the degree of conformity of an idea, practice, etc., to moral principles. 2 right moral conduct. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MORALITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 the degree of conformity of an idea, practice, etc., to moral principles. 2 right moral conduct. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
MORALITY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. the degree of conformity of an idea, practice, etc., to moral principles. 2 right moral conduct. …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORALITY — ( moralities) 1. Morality is the belief that some behaviour is right and acceptable and that other behaviour is wrong. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MORALITY — (moralities) 1. Morality is the belief that some behaviour is right and acceptable and that other behaviour is wrong. ...standards …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MORALITY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE conventional ▪ Individual response to the altered conditions was, as might be expected, conditioned …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MORALITY — [noun]Morality is a personal or social set of standards for good or bad behaviour and character, or the quality of …
Cambridge English vocab
PLAY — n. song play chronicle play history play miracle play morality play mumming play mummers' play mystery play Passion play problem …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PLAY — Synonyms and related words : ALGOL, COBOL, FORTRAN, Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, abuse, accentuate, accompany, act, act a …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MORALITY — Synonyms and related words : Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, angelicalness, antimasque, assignment, audience success, ballet, behavior, bomb, broadcast …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MORALITY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ conventional , traditional ▪ strict ▪ personal , private ▪ common , public , social ▪ political …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PLAY — n. 25B6; verb the children played with toys : AMUSE ONESELF, entertain oneself, enjoy oneself, have fun; relax, occupy oneself, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MORALITY — n. 25B6; noun the morality of nuclear weapons : ETHICS, rights and wrongs, ethicality. a sharp decline in morality : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLAY — v. 1 amuse oneself, frolic, frisk, cavort, gambol, caper, sport, have fun, have a good time, enjoy oneself, disport (oneself), …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MORALITY — n. 1 ethics, morals, ethicalness, moralness, principle(s), mores, integrity, propriety, standards, ideals; honesty, right, rightness, righteousness, rectitude, justice, fair play, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MORALITY — сущ. 1) мораль, нравственность, нравственное поведение standards of morality ≈ стандарты нравственного поведения 2) а) этика Principles on which every …
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MORALITY — morality.ogg məʹrælıtı n 1. мораль; принципы поведения 2. pl основы морали; этика 3. 1> нравственное поведение 2> pl (высокие) моральные …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PLAY — 1) биение 2) зазор 3) игра 4) играть 5) игровой 6) люфт 7) партия 8) приводить в действие 9) ходить • play [use] strategy — применять стратегию play a part in …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MORALITY — morality сущ.1) мораль, нравственность, нравственное поведение standards of morality — стандарты нравственного поведения 2) а) этика Principles on which every …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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MORALITY — n 1. мораль; принципы поведения 2. pl основы морали; этика 3. 1> нравственное поведение 2> pl (высокие) моральные качества 4. …
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