mystery play

noun

a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.

Compare miracle play, morality play.

Origin of mystery play

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby mystery play

MySpace, mystagogue, mysterious, mystery, mystery bag, mystery play, mystery tour, mystic, mystical, mystical theology, mysticete

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Example sentences from the Web for mystery play

Strindberg gives himself this name, probably in allusion to his mystery-play, To Damascus .
Zones of the Spirit|August Strindberg
The artists who used these dotted backgrounds evidently viewed the Horae rather from the mystery-play standpoint.
Early Illustrated Books|Alfred W. Pollard
The Sacra Rappresentazione is in substance nothing more than the development of the medieval Mistero (“mystery-play”).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8|Various

British Dictionary definitions for mystery play

mystery play

noun

(in the Middle Ages) a type of drama based on the life of ChristCompare miracle play

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单词	mystery play
释义	mystery play noun a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. Compare miracle play, morality play. Origin of mystery play First recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby mystery play MySpace, mystagogue, mysterious, mystery, mystery bag, mystery play, mystery tour, mystic, mystical, mystical theology, mysticete Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mystery play Strindberg gives himself this name, probably in allusion to his mystery-play, To Damascus . Zones of the Spirit\|August Strindberg The artists who used these dotted backgrounds evidently viewed the Horae rather from the mystery-play standpoint. Early Illustrated Books\|Alfred W. Pollard The Sacra Rappresentazione is in substance nothing more than the development of the medieval Mistero (“mystery-play”). Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8\|Various British Dictionary definitions for mystery play mystery play noun (in the Middle Ages) a type of drama based on the life of ChristCompare miracle play Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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