Puritan

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Etymology[edit]

Probably from purity +‎ -an, because they sought to purify Church of England worship of what they perceived as Roman Catholic aspects. The capitalised form preceded the lowercase form puritan.

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Puritan (plural Puritans)

  1. A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.

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Puritan (comparative more Puritan, superlative most Puritan)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of puritan.
    • 1989, Michael Palin, Around the World in 80 Days, BBC Books, →ISBN, page 111:
      It’s a seedy time of the night and Jacky is telling me about sailors and their needs. A man called P. C. Alexander, an ex-Indian High-Commissioner in London has cleaned up Madras. There’s a very Puritan atmosphere here now, and the seamen are not happy. ‘All ship’s crew very happy with Calcutta. Can bring many girls there. Bombay too – no problem.’ Bombay is apparently the only city in India to license prostitutes.
    • 2009, Melissa Stackhouse, “Conversations with Bigwigs: Melissa Stackhouse”, in Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, Drink This: Wine Made Simple, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, chapter 5 (Chardonnay: Chic and Changeable), page 121:
      Chardonnay is very malleable, but once we get the fruit in we actually take a very Puritan approach to it.
    • 2019, Susan L. Popham, “Teaching Editing through a Feminist Theoretical Lens”, in Suzan Flanagan, Michael J. Albers, editors, Editing in the Modern Classroom, Routledge, →ISBN:
      I learned to work from my grandfather, who held a very Puritan kind of work ethic.

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