英语词汇“Puritan”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Pu·ri·tan

(pyrĭ-tn)

1. A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 1500s and 1600s advocated strict religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England.

2. puritan A person who is very strict or austere in religious practice or moral outlook, especially someone who regards pleasure or luxury as sinful.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the Puritans or Puritanism.

2. puritan Characteristic of a puritan; puritanical.

[From Late Latin pūritās, purity (on the model of Medieval Latin Kathari, "the Pure Ones," a third-century sect of rigorist heretics), from Latin pūrus, pure; see peuə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	Puritan
释义	Pu·ri·tan (pyrĭ-tn) n. 1. A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 1500s and 1600s advocated strict religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England. 2. puritan A person who is very strict or austere in religious practice or moral outlook, especially someone who regards pleasure or luxury as sinful. adj. 1. Of or relating to the Puritans or Puritanism. 2. puritan Characteristic of a puritan; puritanical. [From Late Latin pūritās, purity (on the model of Medieval Latin Kathari, "the Pure Ones," a third-century sect of rigorist heretics), from Latin pūrus, pure; see peuə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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