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Meanings of morality play in inglês
Genre of Medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainment.
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Examples for "moralities"
Examples for "moralities"
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Now it is these moralities primarily, which compose the obligations of justice.
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We may see these two moralities in conflict to-day in America.
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But in a matter so vital conventional moralities go for nothing.
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In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
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Such were the two moralities which came into conflict during the nineteenth century.
Usage of morality play in inglês
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Doctor Faustus is Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan update of a medieval morality play.
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It was the last act of a morality play byRichard Harding Davies.
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So it goes in the topsy-turvy morality play that is modern professional boxing.
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But this morality play is problematic on at least two counts.
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They are as frankly self-revelatory as if they were characters in a morality play.
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Act out the whole morality play: the regret, the warnings.
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But now was hardly the time for a morality play.
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Think of it as a small morality play about reasonableness.
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It's a lighthearted high-school dramedy, rather than a morality play about patriotism and honor.
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Irish rugby has its own little morality play going on.
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In miracle and morality play, they reappeared in beauty.
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For the past three summers, a travelling company has come to enact a morality play.
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The theater where Nicole and her friends had attended the morality play was in shambles.
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Exotic fable and melancholic morality play, Silk seduces and saddens and lingers in the memory.
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The way Castro saw it, his ascent to power in Cuba was like a morality play.
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The theme of the morality play was the fight of the Seven soul, a life-long battle.