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Imˈpuritan
[f. impure a., after Puritan.]
a. One who practises impurity.
b. A hostile term for one not a Puritan or opposed to Puritanism.
1617Daborne Serm. Waterford (1618) 11 There are a third Sect, and those are puri quasi minime puri, the impuritans of our time. 1627J. Carter Expos. 19 Not..Impuritanes in any degree, whether walkers in the counsell of the ungodly, or [etc.]. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 29 If those who are tearmed Rattle-heads and impuritans, would take up a Resolution to begin in moderation of haire, to the just reproach of those that are called Puritans and Roundheads, I would honour their manlinesse. 1818Bentham Ch. Eng. Introd. 27 It may moreover..be not unacceptable, to behold the difference between Puritans and Impuritans.
Hence Imˈpuritanism, the principles of an Impuritan as opposed to those of a Puritan; also, impure life or principles generally.
1818Bentham Ch. Eng. Introd. 23 The difference between Church-of-Scotlandism and Church-of-Englandism:—between Puritanism, since that must be the name, and Impuritanism: between Presbyterianism and Episcopacy. 1892Chicago Advance 25 Feb., The protest of the Puritan against the impuritanism of his time. |