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morality play

noun

  1. a late medieval allegorical play that teaches moral lessons by depicting the battle between good and evil in the human soul
  2. something (such 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
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noun

  1. a type of allegorical drama towards the end of the Middle Ages that demonstrates a moral theme such as a character's inner struggle to attain moral enlightenment or salvation
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