puritan   (TTS Sound)

The puritan has 3 Senses.

• puritan
• 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
• 英国のプロテスタント集団のメンバーで、16世紀と17世紀の宗教改革が不完全であると考えて、崇拝の様式の簡素化と規制を支持した

• puritan
• someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
• 厳しい宗教的教義を固く守る人

• puritan, prude
• a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
• 礼儀作法を極度に気にする人