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doc Definition of puritan
    English to English
    adjective
  • Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.
  • source: Webster 1913
    noun
  • a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England.
  • source: Webster 1913
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