Mystery play

/mˈɪstəɹi plˈeɪ/

/mˈɪstɚɹi plˈeɪ/

Mystery play

a kind of play popular in the Middle Ages that was based on the holy scripture or the events in the lives of Christian saints

Examples

1. Or should we just let the mystery play? -

2. These were called mystery plays because they revealed the mystery of God's word.

3. And even here in the 1950s that creative spark is evident in the re-staging of medieval mystery plays and the then novel approach of opening up records to all researchers, no matter their calling.

4. The government outlawed mystery plays that same year, though, so the Confrerie accidentally ended up owning a secular theater.