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Definition of Puritans

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 Puritans from wikipedia

- Puritans adopted a covenant theology, and in that sense they were Calvinists (as were many of their earlier opponents). In church polity, Puritans were...
- The Puritans, a 1947 novel by Guy McCrone The Puritans, an 1869 poetry collection by Ernest Myers The Puritan (album), by Nightrage, 2015 "The Puritan" (song)...
- centres of Puritan activity in the early 17th century. The Puritan preacher William Crashaw took offence at the play's satire against Puritans, and preached...
- October 2021) "These New Puritans". These New Puritans. Retrieved 22 March 2019. Moody, Paul (18 March 2019). "These New Puritans speak on their experimental...
- early 17th century, thousands of English Puritans settled in North America, almost all in New England. Puritans were intensely devout members of the Church...
- country. History of the Puritans under Elizabeth I, 1558–1603 History of the Puritans under James I, 1603–1625 History of the Puritans under Charles I, 1625–1649...
- enemies there, which included numerous Puritans. With the religious and political climate so unpromising, many Puritans decided to leave the country. Some...
- taxonomies of Puritanism offered. Joseph Mede in 1623 divided Puritans into: (a) ecclesiastical Puritans (the originals); (b) moral Puritans; and (c) political...
- The New Puritans was a literary movement ascribed to the contributors to a 2000 anthology of short stories entitled All Hail the New Puritans, edited...
- more ceremonial, replacing the wooden communion tables with stone altars. Puritans accused Laud of reintroducing Catholicism, and when they complained he...