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Definition of Puritan
1. 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.
2. Noun. Someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures.
3. Noun. A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum.
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
Derivative terms: Puritanic, Puritanical
Definition of Puritan
1. n. 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.
2. a. Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.
Definition of Puritan
1. Noun. A member of a particular Protestant religious sect. ¹
2. Noun. (often disapproving): a puritanical person ¹
3. Adjective. (often disapproving): acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puritan
1. a rigorously moral or religious person [n -S]
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