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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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  1. 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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