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miracle play

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miracle play
n.
A medieval drama portraying events in the lives of saints and martyrs.
miracle play
n
(Performing Arts / Theatre) a medieval play based on a biblical story or the life of a saint Compare mystery play
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Noun1.miracle play - a medieval play representing episodes from the life of a saint or martyrmiracle play - a medieval play representing episodes from the life of a saint or martyr
drama, dramatic play, play - a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"
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miracle play n (Theatre) → miracolo
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Byline: Jon Gold, Special to the Daily News Players on the Simi Valley High baseball team told each other they were not going to be done in by one miracle play Wednesday in their Marmonte League contest against Moorpark.
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The appearance of a reliable edition of the Liber secundus sancti Andree, an Occitan-language miracle play written in 1512 by Marcellin Richard about the martyrdom of the apostle Saint Andrew, will fill a lacuna left open by Fazy's 1883 edition, to which Sibille refers, bluntly, as "very mediocre" (37) and "bad" (41).
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