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Pu⋅ri⋅tan

  [pyoor-i-tn]
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–noun
1. a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
2. (lowercase) a person who is strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the Puritans.
4. (lowercase) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a moral puritan; puritanical.
Origin:
1540–50; < LL pūrit(ās) purity + -an

Related forms:
pu⋅ri⋅tan⋅like, adjective
pu⋅ri⋅tan⋅ly, adverb
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Pu·ri·tan   (pyŏŏr'ĭ-tn)   
n.  

  1. A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries advocated strict religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England.

  2. puritan One who lives in accordance with Protestant precepts, especially one who regards pleasure or luxury as sinful.

adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the Puritans or Puritanism.

  2. puritan Characteristic of a puritan; puritanical.


[From Late Latin pūritās, purity (on the model of Medieval Latin Kathari, "the Pure Ones," a third-century sect of rigorist heretics), from Latin pūrus, pure; see peuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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Puritan 
1564, "opponent of Anglican hierarchy," later applied opprobriously to "person in Church of England who seeks further reformation" (1571), probably from purity (q.v.). After c.1592, applied to anyone deemed overly strict in matters of religion and morals.
"The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." [Thomas Babington Macaulay, "History of England," 1849]
Puritanism (1573) was famously defined by H.L. Mencken as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy" (1920).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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