道どう徳とく劇げき

noun

morality play

A medieval European dramatic genre in which personified virtues and vices teach a moral lesson. In Japanese, it refers specifically to this Western theatrical form.

• 中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパの道どう徳とく劇げきでは、美び徳とくと悪あく徳とくが擬ぎ人じん化かされて登とう場じょうする。

  In medieval European morality plays, virtues and vices appear personified.