morality play
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.
Compare
miracle play,
mystery play.
Origin of morality play
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby morality play
British Dictionary definitions for morality play
morality play
noun
a type of drama written between the 14th and 16th centuries concerned with the conflict between personified virtues and vices