morality play

noun
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Forms

  • singular : morality play
  • plural : morality plays

Senses

  • a late medieval allegorical play that teaches moral lessons by depicting the battle between good and evil in the human soul
  • 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