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 Definitions of puritan  [ˈpyʊər ɪ tn]  

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Definition of 'puritan' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Puritan
a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship and greater strictness in religious discipline.

2.  Puritan
(l.c.) a person who is strict in moral or religious matters.

3. (adj.) Puritan
of or pertaining to the Puritans.

4.  Puritan
(l.c.) puritanical.

Etymology:  (1540–50; < LL pūrit(ās)purity)

Definition of 'puritan' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Puritan
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

2. (noun) puritan
someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures

3. (noun) prude, puritan
a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum


Definition of 'puritan' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) puritan
of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans

2. (noun) puritan
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

3. (noun) puritan
one who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions


Translation of 'puritan' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who is strict and disapproves of many kinds of enjoyment.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: puritein Arabic flag Arabic: مُتَزَمِّت ، مُتَشَدِّد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пуритан
Brazilian flag Brazilian: puritano Czech flag Czech: puritán, -ka German flag German: der/die Puritaner(in)
Danish flag Danish: puritaner; asket Greek flag Greek: πουριτανός Spanish flag Spanish: puritano
Estonian flag Estonian: puritaan Farsi flag Farsi: آدم خشکه مقدس Finnish flag Finnish: puritaani
French flag French: puritain/-aine Hebrew flag Hebrew: פּוּרִיטָנִי Hindi flag Hindi: नैष्ठिक व्यक्ति, निष्ठावा
Hungarian flag Hungarian: puritán Indonesian flag Indonesian: puritan Icelandic flag Icelandic: púrítani, siðavandur/{{DP
Italian flag Italian: puritano Japanese flag Japanese: 厳格な人 Korean flag Korean: 엄격주의자
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: puritonas Latvian flag Latvian: puritānis Malay flag Malay: terlampau alim
Dutch flag Dutch: puritein Norwegian flag Norwegian: puritaner Polish flag Polish: purytanin
Persian flag Persian: آدم خشکه مقدس Pashto flag Pashto: وچ او مقدس سړى Portuguese flag Portuguese: puritano
Romanian flag Romanian: puritan Russian flag Russian: пуританин Slovak flag Slovak: puritán, -ka
Slovenian flag Slovenian: puritanec Serbian flag Serbian: puritanac Swedish flag Swedish: puritan
Thai flag Thai: ผู้เคร่งครัดในหลักศีลธรรม Turkish flag Turkish: softa/bağnaz kimse Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 清教徒
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пуританин Urdu flag Urdu: صوفي، غير رسمي Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: người khắt khe
Chinese flag Chinese: 清教徒

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