puritan

puritan /'pjuəritən/
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    puritan

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      n.

    • 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; Puritan
    • someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
    • a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum; prude

      adj.

    • morally rigorous and strict; blue(a), puritanic, puritanical

      blue laws

      the puritan work ethic

      puritanic distaste for alcohol

      she was anything but puritanical in her behavior