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Definition of morality play noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

morality play

noun

/məˈræləti pleɪ/

/məˈræləti pleɪ/

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a type of play that was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries and was intended to teach a moral lesson, using characters to represent good and bad qualitiesTopics Film and theatrec2

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