(เพียว'ริเทิน) n. สมาชิกโปรเตสแตนต์นิกายหนึ่งยืดถือหลักความเคร่งครัดในศาสนา. adj. เกี่ยวกับบุคคลดังกล่าว, See also: Puritanism n. - puritan n. ผู้เคร่งครัดในหลักศีลธรรมจรรยา., Syn. pride
[せいきょうとかくめい, seikyoutokakumei] (n) Puritan Revolution [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Puritan \Pu"ri*tan\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or
characteristic of, the Puritans.
[1913 Webster] Puritanic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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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