nativity play

English

Noun

nativity play (plural nativity plays)

a nativity play

(Christianity) A dramatic depiction of the story of the birth of Jesus Christ, commonly performed by children in churches and in Christian schools during the Christmas season.
- 2008 October 4, Kevin Maher, “Dakota Blue Richards has become a girl in 10,000”, in TimesOnline, UK, retrieved 14 Oct. 2008:
  Her most significant role to date had been as a sheep in the school nativity play.

Related terms

nativity scene

Translations

the production/performance

Danish: krybbespil
Finnish: joulukuvaelma
French: mystère de la nativité
German: Krippenspiel (de)
Hungarian: betlehemes játék
Italian: presepio (it) m
Polish: jasełka (pl) n pl, szopka (pl) f
Portuguese: peça de natal f
Russian: рождественская мистерия f (roždestvenskaja misterija)
Swedish: julspel n

See also

mystery play
passion play
nativity play on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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