| 单词 | puritan |
| 释义 | puritan n. & adj. --n 1. (Puritan) hist. a member of a group of English Protestants who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. 2. a purist member of any party. 3. a person practising or affecting extreme strictness in religion or morals. --adj 1. hist. of or relating to the Puritans. 2. scrupulous and austere in religion or morals. Derivatives puritanism n. Etymology: LL puritas (as PURITY) after earlier Catharan (as CATHAR) |
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