Definition of Moralities

1. Noun. (plural of morality) ¹

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Definition of Moralities

1. morality [n] - See also: morality

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moralities

morale builder
morale building
morales
moralisation
moralise
moralised
moralises
moralising
moralism
moralisms
moralist
moralistic
moralistic therapeutic deism
moralistically
moralists
moralities
morality
morality play
moralization
moralizations
moralize
moralized
moralizer
moralizers
moralizes
moralizing
morall
moralled
moraller
morallers

Literary usage of Moralities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"The moralities proper survived in England to the close Moralities of the sixteenth century, and even into the early years of ^^jf the ..."

2. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"The moralities proper survived in England to the close Moralities of the sixteenth century, and even into the early years of r the ..."

3. Satire in the Early English Drama by Eva Marie Campbell (1914)
"Classified as Pre-Tudor Moralities are the following plays: the "Pride of Life'', ... They are the earliest specimens of English Moralities extant. ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It is, of course, clear that the substitution hi the moralities of abstract ideas (Love, Friendship, etc.) in place of the human personalities of the Bible ..."

5. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1858)
"MYSTERIES, Moralities, FARCES ... their commencement, were likewise for a long time devoted to pious purposes, under the titles of Mysteries and Moralities. ..."

6. The Theatre: Its Development in France and England, and a History of Its by Charles Hastings (1901)
"... the Sotie, and Parliamentary censure : end of Mediaeval Comedy—Influence of the Mysteries and Moralities on the destiny of the French Theatre. ..."

7. The Mediaeval Stage by Edmund Kerchever Chambers (1903)
"The English moralities are well treated from a literary point of view in the ... Lists both of popular moralities and of moral interludes will be found in ..."

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