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puritan
(encz) | puritan,puritán n: Zdeněk Brož |
puritan
(encz) | puritan,puritánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Puritan
(gcide) | 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, a term of
reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early
population of New England.
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Note: The Puritans were afterward distinguished as Political
Puritans, Doctrinal Puritans, and Puritans in
Discipline. --Hume.
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2. One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; --
often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has
overstrict notions.
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She would make a puritan of the devil. --Shak.
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Puritan
(gcide) | Puritan \Pu"ri*tan\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or
characteristic of, the Puritans.
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puritan
(wn) | Puritan
n 1: 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
2: someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone
opposed to sensual pleasures
3: a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
[syn: prude, puritan] |
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puritanic
(encz) | puritanic,puritánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
puritanical
(encz) | puritanical,puritánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
puritanically
(encz) | puritanically, |
puritanism
(encz) | puritanism,puritánství n: Zdeněk Brož |
puritanize
(encz) | Puritanize, |
puritanizer
(encz) | Puritanizer, |
puritanizers
(encz) | Puritanizers, |
puritanizes
(encz) | Puritanizes, |
blueprenominal puritan puritanical
(gcide) | nonindulgent \nonindulgent\ adj.
1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding,
stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ;
{corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ;
{renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying
; {self-disciplined ; {spartan, strict ] Also See
abstemious. Antonym: indulgent.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. unpermissive. Opposite of permissive.
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Puritan
(gcide) | 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, a term of
reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early
population of New England.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The Puritans were afterward distinguished as Political
Puritans, Doctrinal Puritans, and Puritans in
Discipline. --Hume.
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2. One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; --
often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has
overstrict notions.
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She would make a puritan of the devil. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Puritan \Pu"ri*tan\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or
characteristic of, the Puritans.
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Puritanic
(gcide) | Puritanic \Pu`ri*tan"ic\, Puritanical \Pu`ri*tan"ic*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines
and practice.
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2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements;
strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of
reproach or contempt.
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Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels
were strictly excluded. --Macaulay.
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He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil.
--Hawthorne.
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Puritanical
(gcide) | Puritanic \Pu`ri*tan"ic\, Puritanical \Pu`ri*tan"ic*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines
and practice.
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2. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements;
strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of
reproach or contempt.
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Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels
were strictly excluded. --Macaulay.
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He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil.
--Hawthorne.
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Puritanically
(gcide) | Puritanically \Pu`ri*tan"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In a puritanical manner.
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Puritanism
(gcide) | Puritanism \Pu"ri*tan*ism\, n.
The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.
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Puritanize
(gcide) | Puritanize \Pu"ri*tan*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puritanized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Puritanizing.]
To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to
conform to the practice of Puritans. --Bp. Montagu.
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Puritanized
(gcide) | Puritanize \Pu"ri*tan*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puritanized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Puritanizing.]
To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to
conform to the practice of Puritans. --Bp. Montagu.
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Puritanizing
(gcide) | Puritanize \Pu"ri*tan*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puritanized;
p. pr. & vb. n. Puritanizing.]
To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to
conform to the practice of Puritans. --Bp. Montagu.
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puritanic
(wn) | puritanic
adj 1: morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic";
"puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but
puritanical in her behavior" [syn: blue(a),
puritanic, puritanical] |
puritanical
(wn) | puritanical
adj 1: of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
2: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim, prissy,
prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced,
strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, {tight-
laced}, victorian]
3: morally rigorous and strict; "the puritan work ethic";
"puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but
puritanical in her behavior" [syn: blue(a), puritanic,
puritanical] |
puritanically
(wn) | puritanically
adv 1: in a prudish manner; "she acts prudishly, but I wonder
whether she is really all that chaste" [syn: prudishly,
puritanically] |
puritanism
(wn) | Puritanism
n 1: the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most
of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of
England of its Catholic aspects)
2: strictness and austerity in conduct and religion |
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