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Definition of Puritan

Puritan
Puritan Pu"ri*tan, n. [From Purity.] 1. (Eccl. Hist.) 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. Note: The Puritans were afterward distinguished as Political Puritans, Doctrinal Puritans, and Puritans in Discipline. --Hume. 2. One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions. She would make a puritan of the devil. --Shak.
Puritan
Puritan Pu"ri*tan, a. Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.

Meaning of Puritan from wikipedia

- The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic...
- up Puritan or puritan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Puritans were a group of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritan or...
- was the Puritan religion, which pla**** a major role in the English Civil Wars but was not widely practised throughout Wales.  Welsh Puritan religious...
- history of the Puritans can be traced back to the first Vestments Controversy in the reign of Edward VI, the formation of an identifiable Puritan movement in...
- early 17th century, thousands of English Puritans settled in North America, almost all in New England. Puritans were intensely devout members of the Church...
- The Puritan migration to New England took place from 1620 to 1640, declining sharply afterwards. The term "Great Migration" can refer to the migration...
- Puritan Records was an American record label which lasted from 1917 to 1929. For most of its existence Puritan was a product of the Wisconsin Chair Company...
- USS Puritan may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Puritan (1864) was a single-turret monitor that was never commissioned. She...
- The Puritan, or the Widow of Watling Street, also known as The Puritan Widow, is an anonymous Jacobean stage comedy, first published in 1607. It is often...
- Puritan Sabbatarianism or Reformed Sabbatarianism, often just Sabbatarianism, is observance of Sabbath in Christianity that is typically characterised...