'Miracle play' definitions:
Definition of 'miracle play'
(from WordNet)
noun
A medieval play representing episodes from the life of a saint or martyr
Definition of 'Miracle play'
From: GCIDE
- Miracle \Mir"a*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. miraculum, fr. mirari to wonder. See Marvel, and cf. Mirror.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A wonder or wonderful thing. [1913 Webster]
- That miracle and queen of genus. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the ordinary laws by which the universe is governed. [1913 Webster]
- They considered not the miracle of the loaves. --Mark vi. 52. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A miracle play. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A story or legend abounding in miracles. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- When said was all this miracle. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Miracle monger, an impostor who pretends to work miracles.
- Miracle play, one of the old dramatic entertainments founded on legends of saints and martyrs or (see 2d Mystery, 2) on events related in the Bible. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'miracle play'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antimasque,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- Grand Guignol,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- Passion play,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- problem play,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- review,
- revue,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- Tom show,
- total theater,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work