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ˈpyʊər ɪ tnpu·ri·tan

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  1. puritanadjective

    Synonyms:
    genophobe, antisexualist, puritanical, prude, erotophobe

  2. Puritannoun

    A member of a particular Protestant religious sect.

    Synonyms:
    erotophobe, genophobe, antisexualist, puritanical, prude

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  1. Puritannoun

    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

    Synonyms:
    prude

  2. puritannoun

    someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures

    Synonyms:
    prude

  3. prude, puritannoun

    a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

    Synonyms:
    prude

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  1. Kenneth Hare:

    The Puritan through life’s sweet garden goes to pluck the thorn and cast away the rose.

  2. Thomas Babington Macaulay:

    The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

  3. Joe Bagley:

    Luxury items are rare in other 17th century sites in New England, but the two best sites found in Boston, including this one, have a high number of them showing that Boston was a center of wealth for the region and its residents who had that wealth were willing and able to show off a bit, despite their Puritan lifestyle.

  4. Joe Bagley:

    The items are significant because we rarely see them, archaeologically, also, Puritan Boston is often seen as an extremely conservative, reserved, and religious location in the 17th century, which it was, but in wealthier houses, the residents had access to luxury goods, purchased them, and enjoyed their more extravagant lifestyle in the privacy of their own home.

  5. Bertrand Russell:

    We may define a Puritan as a man who holds that certain kinds of acts, even if they have no visible bad effects upon others than the agent, are inherently sinful, and, being sinful, ought to be prevented by whatever means is most effectual - the criminal law if possible, and, if not that, then public opinion backed by economic pressure.


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