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