puritan
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1. puritan - Noun
2. puritan - Adjective
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One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England.
One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions.
Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.
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Archbishop Matthew Parker of that time used it and "precisian" with the sense of the modern "stickler". citation In modern times, the word "puritan" is often used to mean "against pleasure".
All theatres were closed down by the Puritan government on 6 September 1642.
Although practical for the desert dust, the Almoravids insisted on wearing the veil everywhere, as a badge of "foreignness" in urban settings, partly as a way of emphasizing their puritan credentials.
Blur's official Twitter and Facebook pages announced that the band would release two singles " The Puritan " and "Under the Westway" on 2 July.
Elizabeth's father, Sir James Bourchier, was a London leather merchant who owned extensive lands in Essex and had strong connections with Puritan gentry families there.
Dawson (2002: 176) Restoration and 18th-century theatre All theatres were closed down by the puritan government on September 6, 1642.