passion play

Definitions

1. A play depicting the Passion of Christ.
2. Any analogous religious story of the suffering, death, and resurrection of other gods or goddesses, or of the martyrdom of holy people, such as the Muslim tazia.
3. An overly dramatic depiction or enaction of something, especially when not usually dramatic.

Equivalents

Examples

“The mysteries of Osiris were celebrated as a passion play⟳, the subject being the sufferings, passion, death and resurrection of Osiris.”

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