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What is "puritan" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does puritan mean in English? Meaning of puritan definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "puritan" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "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

Noun

  • Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: puritan
  • Hypernyms: protestant

    • Meaning of "puritan": someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures

    Noun

  • Meaning: someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
  • Synonyms: puritan
  • Hypernyms: abstainer ascetic

    • Meaning of "puritan": a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

    Noun

  • Meaning: a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
  • Synonyms: prude puritan
  • Hypernyms: disagreeable person unpleasant person
  • Adjective: (often disapproving): a puritanical person

    • Synonyms:

    proper, strict,

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