"Puritan" is a word in ENGLISH
Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or
characteristic of, the Puritans.
One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; --
often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict
notions.
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.
The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain.
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An old lady saw a little boy with a fishing-rod over his shoulder and a jar of tadpoles in his hand walking through the park one Sunday. "Little boy," she called, "don't you know you shouldn't go fishing on a Sunday?" "I'm not going fishing, ma'am," he called back, "I'm going home."
An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to the …
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