PURITANS meaning: Strict religious reformers seeking purity

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Puritans)

▸ noun: English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.

Opposite:

libertines, hedonists, indulgers

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english puritans, History of the Puritans in North America, These New Puritans, History of the Puritans under King James I, more...

Adjectives:

early, many, old, other, century, moderate, extreme, radical, english, rigid, stern

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