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noun (plural Pu·ri·tans) |
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Protestant: a member of a group of Protestants in 16th- and 17th-century England and 17th-century America who believed in strict religious discipline and called for the simplification of acts of worship
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of Puritans: relating to Puritans or their beliefs or religious movement
 a Puritan form of worship
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| [Late 16th century. < Latin puritas "purity" < purus "pure"] |
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