liturgical drama

American  

noun

1. medieval drama, based on incidents in the Bible and performed in churches on holy days, usually in Latin and often chanted.

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Example Sentences

Still, in its overall musical character, “Curlew River” is like a modern-day medieval liturgical drama.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2014

In Italy the liturgical drama must have run its course as elsewhere; but the traces of it are few, and confined to the north-east.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

The English stage had made use of songs, in fact, ever since the liturgical drama of the Middle Ages.

From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss

Coussemaker finds that this lyric drama had in its inception two chief varieties, namely, the secular drama, and the religious or liturgical drama.

From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)

Petit de Julleville sees in the play a satiric intention and a veiled incredulity that put the piece outside the category of liturgical drama.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various