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Definition of puritan
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 capitalized : a member of a 16th and 17th century Protestant group in England and New England opposing as unscriptural the ceremonial worship and the prelacy of the Church of England
2 : one who practices or preaches a more rigorous or professedly purer moral code than that which prevails
Definition of puritan (Entry 2 of 2)
: of or relating to puritans, the Puritans, or puritanism
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The first known use of puritan was in 1572
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