mystery play

1. 1.

   a medieval play representing episodes from the life of Christ

   Broaderplay

Questions about mystery play

What does mystery play mean?

mystery play means "a medieval play representing episodes from the life of Christ".

Is mystery play a common word?

mystery play is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.