Meaning Of The Word Morality play

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What's The Definition Of Morality play?

morality play in American English
any of a class of allegorical dramas of the 15th and 16th cent., the characters of which personify abstractions, as Everyman, Vice, Virtue, etc.
noun: an allegorical form of the drama current from the 14th to 16th centuries and employing such personified abstractions as Virtue, Vice, Greed, Gluttony, etc

morality play in British English
noun: a type of drama written between the 14th and 16th centuries concerned with the conflict between personified virtues and vices

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