Definitions from Wiktionary (Puritan)
▸ noun: (usually derogatory) A puritanical person.
▸ adjective: (usually derogatory) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic.
▸ noun: A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.
▸ adjective: Alternative letter-case form of puritan. [(usually derogatory) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic.]
puritan revolution,
puritan ethic,
Puritan work ethic,
Puritan Sabbatarianism,
Funerary art in Puritan New England,
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▸ noun: (usually derogatory) A puritanical person.
▸ adjective: (usually derogatory) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic.
▸ noun: A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.
▸ adjective: Alternative letter-case form of puritan. [(usually derogatory) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic.]
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puritanical,
prude,
nonindulgent,
blue,
puritanic,
puritanizer,
puritanist,
precisian,
antipuritan,
precisianist,
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