Книга: Houk George W «Puritan»

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• puritan — PURITÁN, Ă, puritani, e, s.m. şi f., adj. 1. s.m. şi f. Adept al puritanismului; p. ext. persoană care practică sau afişează o moralitate foarte severă. 2. adj. Care aparţine puritanismului, privitor la puritanism; p. ext. care profesează sau… …   Dicționar Român

• puritan — ► NOUN 1) (Puritan) a member of a group of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. 2) a person with censorious moral beliefs, especially about self indulgence and sex. ► ADJECTIVE… …   English terms dictionary

• Puritan — 1560s, opponent of Anglican hierarchy, later applied opprobriously to person in Church of England who seeks further reformation (1570s), probably from PURITY (Cf. purity). What [William] Perkins, and the whole Puritan movement after him, sought… …   Etymology dictionary

• Puritan — Pu ri*tan, n. [From {Purity}.] 1. (Eccl. Hist.) One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; originally,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Puritan — Pu ri*tan, a. Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Puritan — [pyoor′i tən] n. [< LL puritas (see PURITY) + AN] 1. any member of a Protestant group in England and the American colonies that in the 16th and 17th cent., wanted to make the Church of England simpler in its services and stricter about morals… …   English World dictionary