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And my father, being a good Swiss puritan, always really insisted that if I was going to be an actor, I shouldn't just be an actor, I should know about the whole process.
Rene Auberjonois

Meaning of "puritan" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PURITAN

From Late Latin pūritāspurity.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PURITAN

puritan  [ˈpjʊərɪtən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURITAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Puritan can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES PURITAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

puritan

Puritan

The Puritans were a group of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries, including, but not limited to, English Calvinists. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England. In modern times, the word 'puritan' is often used to mean 'against pleasure'. Historically, the word was used pejoratively to characterise the Protestant group as extremists, similar to the Cathars of France and, according to Thomas Fuller in his Church History, dated back to 1564. Archbishop Matthew Parker of that time used it and "precisian" with the sense of the modern "stickler". Puritans were blocked from changing the established church from within, and were severely restricted in England by laws controlling the practice of religion. Their views, however, were transported by the emigration of congregations to the Netherlands, and by evangelical clergy to Ireland, and were spread into lay society and parts of the educational system, particularly certain colleges of the University of Cambridge.

Definition of puritan in the English dictionary

The definition of puritan in the dictionary is a person who adheres to strict moral or religious principles, esp one opposed to luxury and sensual enjoyment. Other definition of puritan is characteristic of a puritan.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURITAN


Brighton
ˈbraɪtən
Britain
ˈbrɪtən
Briton
ˈbrɪtən
Britten
ˈbrɪtən
Dayton
ˈdeɪtən
ghostwritten
ˈɡəʊstˌrɪtən
handwritten
ˈhændˌrɪtən
kitten
ˈkɪtən
laten
ˈleɪtən
metropolitan
ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən
outwritten
ˌaʊtˈrɪtən
overwritten
ˌəʊvəˈrɪtən
Samaritan
səˈmærɪtən
securitan
sɪˈkjʊərɪtən
seiten
ˈsaɪtən
skywritten
ˈskaɪˌrɪtən
titan
ˈtaɪtən
typewritten
ˈtaɪpˌrɪtən
unwritten
ʌnˈrɪtən
written
ˈrɪtən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURITAN

purifies
purify
Purim
purin
purine
purine base
puriri
purism
purist
puristic
puristical
puristically
puritanic
puritanical
puritanically
puritanicalness
puritanise
puritanism
puritanize
purity

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURITAN

cosmopolitan
El Capitan
Good Samaritan
heteropolitan
Liverpolitan
megalopolitan
Neapolitan
nonmetropolitan
pentapolitan
Shaitan
sheitan
technopolitan
tetrapolitan
Theocritan
witan

Synonyms and antonyms of puritan in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «PURITAN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «puritan» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of puritan

Translation of «puritan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURITAN

Find out the translation of puritan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of puritan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «puritan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 清教徒式的人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puritano
570 millions of speakers

English

puritan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नैतिकतावादी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البروتستانتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пуританин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

puritano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিউরিট্যান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

puritain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Puritan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Puritaner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厳格主義者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

청교도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Puritan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Thanh giáo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாவத்தைப் போக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्योरिटन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

püritan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

puritano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Puritan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пуританин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

puritan
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

πουριτανός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Puriteinse
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

puritan
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

puritanske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puritan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURITAN»

The term «puritan» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.029 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURITAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about puritan

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5 QUOTES WITH «PURITAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word puritan.
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Rene Auberjonois
And my father, being a good Swiss puritan, always really insisted that if I was going to be an actor, I shouldn't just be an actor, I should know about the whole process.
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Willem Dafoe
I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished.
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Damian Lewis
In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.
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Zoe Lister-Jones
We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values, this idea of the sanctity of marriage.
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James Young
You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment - a thing of the past - from what I can tell.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURITAN»

Discover the use of puritan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puritan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia
Based on the biographies of some three hundred people in each city, this book shows how such distinguished Boston families as the Adamses, Cabots, Lowells, and Peabodys have produced many generations of men and women who have made major ...
‎1996
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Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town
The Formation of a New England Town Sumner Chilton Powell. 'IQ/111110111 eff ?°r11;:-1-1-13- ta Q'a'L'er111'11g 'Pr:1.r1'.r “Beré61:z1211"1'ed, j5'Z1rr.1 APPE1"'1'.QlI{ IV (From data on 30 elections, 1600-1658) AG I1; R 1-» T Z g 'F? "5 9 ...
Sumner Chilton Powell, 2011
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Puritan Conquistadors: Iberianizing the Atlantic, 1550-1700
In this remarkable work in Atlantic history, Jorge Canizares-Esguerra demonstrates with lavish scholarship and visual imagery the European settlers' struggle with Satanic forces that permeated the colonization and settlement of Europeans, ...
Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, 2006
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The Puritan Gift: Triumph, Collapse and Revival of an ...
The Puritan Gift traces the origins and the characteristics of American managerial culture which, in the course of three centuries, would turn a group of small colonies into the greatest economic and political power on earth.
Ken Hopper, Will Hopper, 2007
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Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England
Following the Salem witchcraft trials, Reis argues, Puritans' understanding of sin and the devil changed.
Elizabeth Reis, 1999
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Puritan Political Ideas: 1558-1794
In this unique collection, noted historian Edmund Morgan focuses upon three ideas that lay at the root of Puritan political theory and have had a continuing significance in our history: calling, covenant, and the separate spheres of church ...
Edmund S. Morgan, 2003
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Visible Saints: The History of a Puritan Idea
A richly detailed reinterpretation of the genesis, flowering, and decline of the Puritan ideal of a church of the elect in England and America.
Edmund Sears Morgan, 1965
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The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop
Here is the story of the people that brought this idea to our shores: the Puritans. Edmund Morgan relates the hardships and triumphs of the Puritan movement through this vivid account of its most influential leader, John Winthrop.
Edmund Sears Morgan, 2007
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The Puritan Experiment: New England Society from Bradford to ...
New England Society from Bradford to Edwards Francis J. Bremer. were studied and some were appropriated. Almost as influential as Calvin were the other theologians of the Reformed tradition with which Calvin was associated, such as  ...
Francis J. Bremer, 2013
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Puritan Family Life: The Diary of Samuel Sewall
Examines the diary of the prominent Boston jurist, Samuel Sewall, and shows how his descriptions of home and Puritan family life contradict the common understanding of the repressive and joyless Puritan household.
Judith S. Graham, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURITAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term puritan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Puritan Medical Products Company LLC actualiza la decisión final …
Los productos de Puritan de hisopos fibrosos HydraFlock® y PurFlock Ultra® son hisopos diferentes, y no disponen del acuerdo de fibra indicado por Copan. «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
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Fire destroys old mill off Macon Highway in Athens
The fire devastated the long-abandoned Puritan Cordage Mills, a former cotton mill on Macon Highway near Puritan Lane. The flames belched so much black ... «Online Athens, May 15»
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Guide to Fidelity Puritan (FPURX) Fund
Fidelity Puritan (FPURX - MF report) a Zacks Ranked #1 (Strong Buy) seeks income and capital growth consistently with reasonable risk. FPURX invests about ... «Zacks.com, Apr 15»
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Nightrage's Marios Iliopoulos Talks New Album "The Puritan"
Marios: Well we have started writing the songs for ”The Puritan” way before we have entered the studio. The composing process also took longer time than ... «Metal Underground, Apr 15»
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NIGHTRAGE: Entire 'The Puritan' Album Available For Streaming
"The Puritan", the sixth studio album from Greek/Swedish melodic death metallers NIGHTRAGE, can be streamed in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Apr 15»
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NIGHTRAGE: 'The Puritan' Lyric Video
The official lyric video for the song "The Puritan" from Greek/Swedish melodic death metallers NIGHTRAGE, can be seen below. The track is the title cut of the ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Apr 15»
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Meet Pyuri-tan, the new manga heroine who's the literal …
... hundred other series the country has produced, but this manga lead has something that makes her unique: she's the literal embodiment of Puritan Christianity. «RocketNews24, Apr 15»
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POF announcing 1-MOA capable 7.62×39 Puritan Rifle
The Patriot Ordnance Factory is officially announcing the new 7.62x39mm Puritan Rifle, a piston-driven AR-15 for the popular .30-caliber cartridge. What makes ... «Guns.com, Mar 15»
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The Puritans Were America's First Anti-Vaxxers
With funerals “daily celebrated and multiplied,” as he noted in his journal, the usual Puritan terrors of devils and Indians were replaced in public consciousness ... «The New Republic, Feb 15»
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NIGHTRAGE To Release 'The Puritan' Album In April
Greek/Swedish melodic death metallers NIGHTRAGE will release their sixth studio album, "The Puritan", on April 24 via Despotz Records. The music video for ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jan 15»

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