Cromwellian
/krɒmˈwɛlɪən
/adjective
Relating to or characteristic of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth 1653-8, in particular with reference to his puritanism: critics of the Cromwellian regime...
- The output of playing cards was seriously curtailed in Cromwellian times, when both cards and play were regarded as sinful.
- Ours remains, in some ways, a Cromwellian parliamentary democracy.
- The period of Cromwellian rule is usually known as the Protectorate.