Puritan 音标拼音: [pj'ʊrətən]
n . 清教徒
a . 清教徒的
清教徒清教徒的
Puritan n 1 :
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 2 :
someone who adheres to strict religious principles ;
someone opposed to sensual pleasures 3 :
a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum [
synonym : {
prude }, {
puritan }]
Puritan \
Pu "
ri *
tan \,
n . [
From {
Purity }.]
1 . (
Eccl .
Hist .)
One who ,
in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts ,
opposed traditional and formal usages ,
and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law ; --
originally ,
a term of reproach .
The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England .
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Note :
The Puritans were afterward distinguished as Political Puritans ,
Doctrinal Puritans ,
and Puritans in Discipline . --
Hume .
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2 .
One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life ; --
often used reproachfully or in contempt ;
one who has overstrict notions .
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She would make a puritan of the devil . --
Shak .
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Puritan \
Pu "
ri *
tan \,
a .
Of or pertaining to the Puritans ;
resembling ,
or characteristic of ,
the Puritans .
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Puritanic 84 Moby Thesaurus words for "
puritan ":
Albigensian ,
Catharist ,
Franciscan ,
Grundy ,
Sabbatarian ,
Trappist ,
Victorian ,
Waldensian ,
abstainer ,
anchorite ,
ascetic ,
austere ,
bhikshu ,
bigoted ,
bluenose ,
dervish ,
disapproving ,
dour ,
fakir ,
fanatic ,
firm ,
flagellant ,
fundamentalist ,
goody -
goody ,
hard ,
hard -
line ,
hard -
nosed ,
hermit ,
hidebound ,
impliable ,
inexorable ,
inflexible ,
intolerant ,
iron ,
ironbound ,
ironclad ,
ironhanded ,
mendicant ,
mid -
Victorian ,
moralistic ,
muscle -
bound ,
narrow -
minded ,
obdurate ,
obstinate ,
old maid ,
orthodox ,
pietist ,
pietistic ,
prig ,
prim ,
procrustean ,
proper ,
prude ,
prudish ,
purist ,
puristic ,
puritanic ,
puritanical ,
relentless ,
religionist ,
rigid ,
rigorist ,
rigoristic ,
rigorous ,
rockbound ,
sannyasi ,
severe ,
stern ,
stiff ,
stiff -
necked ,
straightlaced ,
strait -
laced ,
straitlaced ,
strict ,
stubborn ,
stuffy ,
unbending ,
uncompromising ,
unrelenting ,
unyielding ,
uptight ,
yogi ,
yogin ,
zealot
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