nativity play

English

Noun

nativity play (plural nativity plays)

1. (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) nvir pl, szopka (pl) f Portuguese: peça de natal f Russian: рождественская мистерия f (roždestvenskaja misterija) Swedish: julspel (sv) n

See also

• mystery play
• passion play
• nativity play on Wikipedia.Wikipedia