puritan
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- n a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
- n someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
- n a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
- Does the ancient puritan connection between virtue and boredom still run beneath the glitzy, pleasure-roiled surface of American .
- Among their problems, Bindrim believes, were sexual difficulties resulting from puritan teachings that nudity is shameful.