Definitions for Puritan

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Puritan Pu·ri·tan

Spelling: [pyoo r-i-tn]

IPA: /ˈpyʊər ɪ tn/

Puritan is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 210 anagrams from letters in Puritan (ainprtu).

Definitions for Puritan

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

1. of or relating to the Puritans.
2. (lowercase) of, relating to, or characteristic of a moral puritan; puritanical.

Origin of Puritan

1540-50; Late Latin pūrit(ās) purity + -an

Examples for Puritan

Of all that is noble and true in the Puritan character we are sincere admirers.

Like the Puritan ancestors he never succeeded in escaping, he found fault with just about everything, especially himself.

This was the Puritan belief in England in the seventeenth century.

At least in premodern Europe and Puritan North America, witch-hunting follows certain patterns.

The mindsets of both Cavalier and Puritan took root in the New World, and the experiment launched in 1776 continues.

Indeed, Puritan Japan is decades behind the Puritan United States when it comes to sex.

Eventually, Charles I will be overthrown, and the Puritan dictator Oliver Cromwell will take power.

All creeds may be welded together, but the Puritan and the scoffer are like oil and water.

Angelo, the would-be Puritan ruler, was a "false seemer," Malvolio was a "chough."

All else on his canvas is subordinated to the grim image of the colossal Puritan.