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puritan

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noun

pu·​ri·​tan ˈpyu̇r-ə-tən How to pronounce puritan (audio)
1
capitalized : a member of a 16th and 17th century Protestant group in England and New England opposing as unscriptural the ceremonial worship and the prelacy of the Church of England
2
: one who practices or preaches a more rigorous or professedly purer moral code than that which prevails

puritan

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adjective

often capitalized
: of or relating to puritans, the Puritans, or puritanism

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun Some of the town's puritans still maintain that sex education has no place in the schools.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Across much of Europe, Merkel—that Protestant minister’s daughter—is resented as a rigid, self-righteous puritan, while support for the E.U. has fallen to historic lows. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 John Winthrop was an English puritan and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. The Rev. Mike Taylor, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Sep. 2020 Instead of living in fear of office puritans, aim to delight them. Jacob Brogan, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2019 The sometimes austere looks at times summoned images or elements of puritans, nuns, and schoolmarms — all with a subversive fashion edge. Colleen Barry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019 In the 17th century, the pies were rejected by British puritans as decadent, hedonistic and inherently Catholic. Leo Hornak, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2017
Adjective
American to-do behavior has a deeply puritan streak. Clive Thompson, Wired, 27 July 2021 Sabbatarianism—the notion that the law must uphold Sunday as a day of rest and worship—was taken for granted in colonial America, as much in the supposedly more secular Virginia as in puritan New England. Sohrab Ahmari, WSJ, 7 May 2021 The British royal family have great opulence, art, and taste, but there's a sort of puritan restraint about English decoration. Louis Cheslaw, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2019 The mistresses were at times elegant, dressed in plunging gold lame tops with a corresponding deep-V slit in the accompanying leather skirt and at times kinky - puritan collars on a dark robe with sheer sleeves and chain detailing. Colleen Barry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2019 That law has gone long unenforced when the play begins, so the enigmatic Duke of Vienna (Scott Shepherd) decides to step aside and put the merciless puritan Angelo (Pete Simpson) in charge. Ben Brantley, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017 Sales of spirits have been robust in recent years, even as consumption of wine and beer has fallen in many countries, but millennial shoppers sound increasingly puritan. The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017 During that period, known as the Interregnum, Oliver Cromwell and others led a series of republican governments and promoted puritan moral standards. Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 13 June 2017 Fusco illustrates it by photographing birds and animals that hardly anyone ever sees — indeed, often creatures that few have ever heard of, like puritan tiger beetles and bristle-thighed curlews. David Holahan, courant.com, 21 May 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

probably from Late Latin puritas purity

First Known Use

Noun

1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1581, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of puritan was in 1572

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