ALL meanings of puritan
Pu·ri·tan
P p - noun puritan 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 puritan (lowercase) a person who is strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so. 1
- adjective puritan of or relating to the Puritans. 1
- adjective puritan (lowercase) of, relating to, or characteristic of a moral puritan; puritanical. 1
- noun puritan sb strict, prudish 1
- adjective puritan strict, prudish 1
- countable noun puritan The Puritans were a group of English Protestants in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries who lived in a very strict and religious way. 0
- countable noun puritan You describe someone as a puritan when they live according to strict moral or religious principles, especially when they disapprove of physical pleasures. 0
- adjective puritan Puritan attitudes are based on strict moral or religious principles and often involve disapproval of physical pleasures. 0
- noun puritan a person who adheres to strict moral or religious principles, esp one opposed to luxury and sensual enjoyment 0
- adjective puritan characteristic of a puritan 0
- noun puritan any of the more extreme English Protestants, most of whom were Calvinists, who wished to purify the Church of England of most of its ceremony and other aspects that they deemed to be Catholic 0
- adjective puritan of, characteristic of, or relating to the Puritans 0
- noun puritan any member of a Protestant group in England and the American colonies that in the 16th and 17th cent., wanted to make the Church of England simpler in its services and stricter about morals 0
- noun puritan a person regarded as excessively strict in morals and religion 0
- adjective puritan of the Puritans or Puritanism 0
- abbreviation PURITAN puritanical 0