| NOUN | person | Puritan | a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship |
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| person | puritan | someone who adheres to strict religious principles | |
| person | puritan, prude | a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum |
| Sounds | pyuh'rahtahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship. | |
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| Broader | Protestant | An adherent of Protestantism |
| Meaning | someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures. | |
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| Broader | abstainer, ascetic | someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline / discipline |
| Spanish | puritano | |
| Catalan | purità | |
| Adjectives | puritanic, puritanical | morally rigorous and strict |
| puritanical | of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism | |
| Meaning | A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum. | |
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| Synonym | prude | |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| Spanish | cucufato, mojigato, puritano, remilgado | |
| Catalan | melindrós, mojigato, posturer, purità | |
| Adjectives | puritanic | morally rigorous and strict |
| puritanical | exaggeratedly proper | |
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