miracle playn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪrᵻkl pleɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪrᵻk(ə)l ˌpleɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: miracle n., play n.

Etymology: < miracle n. + play n. Compare morality play n. at morality n. Compounds 1 and mystery play n.

A dramatization based on events in the life of Jesus or the legends of the saints, popular in the Middle Ages. Cf. miracle n. 2b.

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1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 71^v The Guary miracle, in English, a miracle-play, is a kinde of Enterlude, compiled in Cornish out of some scripture history, with that grossenes, which accompanied the Romanes vetus Comedia.

1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1871) 517 Miracle-plays were a kind of church performance in the middle ages representing the miracles wrought by the holy confessors, and the sufferings by which the perseverance of the martyrs was manifested.

1875 A. W. Ward Hist. Eng. Dramatic Lit. I. 23 Miracle-plays, on the other hand, are concerned with incidents derived from the legends of the Saints of the Church.

1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 28 June 11/2 Ms. Walker's book..runs closer to the Greek chorus and the medieval miracle play than to the modern novel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	miracle play
释义	miracle playn. Brit. /ˈmɪrᵻkl pleɪ/, U.S. /ˈmɪrᵻk(ə)l ˌpleɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: miracle n., play n. Etymology: < miracle n. + play n. Compare morality play n. at morality n. Compounds 1 and mystery play n. A dramatization based on events in the life of Jesus or the legends of the saints, popular in the Middle Ages. Cf. miracle n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > mystery or miracle play miraclec1395 resurrectiona1400 wonder1435 mystery1555 scaffold play1565 miracle play1602 mystery play1808 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 71^v The Guary miracle, in English, a miracle-play, is a kinde of Enterlude, compiled in Cornish out of some scripture history, with that grossenes, which accompanied the Romanes vetus Comedia. 1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1871) 517 Miracle-plays were a kind of church performance in the middle ages representing the miracles wrought by the holy confessors, and the sufferings by which the perseverance of the martyrs was manifested. 1875 A. W. Ward Hist. Eng. Dramatic Lit. I. 23 Miracle-plays, on the other hand, are concerned with incidents derived from the legends of the Saints of the Church. 1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 28 June 11/2 Ms. Walker's book..runs closer to the Greek chorus and the medieval miracle play than to the modern novel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
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