puritan

Nouns

  • (n) 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
  • (n) someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
  • (n) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum prude,

Synonyms

prude

Words of close approximity

purity
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