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morality play
noun(morality play)
an allegorical play popular especially in the 15th and 16th centuries in which the characters personify abstract qualities or concepts (such as virtues, vices, or death)
morality play
noun(morality play)
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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