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hickscorner: hickscorner "libertine scoffer at religion and the religious," c.1530, from the name of the character in a work of that name printed c.1512 by Wynkyn de Worde; from HICK (Cf. Hick), the common masc. nickname, + scorner (see SCORN (Cf. scorn)).

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Morality play — For the book by Barry Unsworth, see Morality Play (novel). A cover of a sixteenth century doodle Plays, Mundas et Infans The morality play is a genre of Medieval and early Tudor theatrical entertainment. In their own time, these plays were known… … Wikipedia
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