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puritans

Pu·ri·tan
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pyoo r-i-tn]
    • /ˈpyʊər ɪ tn/
    • /ˈpjʊə.rɪ.tən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pyoo r-i-tn]
    • /ˈpyʊər ɪ tn/

Definitions of puritans word

  • noun puritans 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. 1
  • noun puritans (lowercase) a person who is strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so. 1
  • adjective puritans of or relating to the Puritans. 1
  • adjective puritans (lowercase) of, relating to, or characteristic of a moral puritan; puritanical. 1
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Origin of puritans

First appearance:

before 1540
One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; < Late Latin pūrit(ās) purity + -an

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Parts of speech for Puritans

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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puritans popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for puritans

noun puritans

adjective puritans

  • colonials — Plural form of colonial.
  • outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
All 6 Synonyms of puritans

Antonyms for puritans

noun puritans

All 3 Antonyms of puritans

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Related words

  • fifth monarchy men

    (during the Commonwealth in the 17th century) a militant sect of Puritans who identified the fifth monarchy with the millennial reign of Christ and who believed they should help to inaugurate that reign by force.

  • new england theology

    Calvinism as modified and interpreted by the descendants of the Puritans in New England, especially Jonathan Edwards, becoming the dominant theology there from about 1730 to 1880.

  • pilgrim

    a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: pilgrims to the Holy Land.

  • precisian

    a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.

  • prick-eared

    British. Informal. (of a man) having the hair cut short. Archaic. following or sympathetic to the Puritans or Roundheads. Archaic. priggish.

  • puritanical

    very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
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