The meaning of Puritan
Puritan – definition
nounA member of a group of english protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the reformation of the church under elizabeth i as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
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From its inception there had been a committed protestant minority who aspired to complete a full pr…
adjectiveRelating to the puritans.
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A puritan parliamentarian
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Word origin
late 16th century: from late Latin puritas ‘purity’ + -an.
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