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Definition of puritan adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

puritan

adjective
 
/ˈpjʊərɪtən/
 
/ˈpjʊrɪtən/
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  1. Puritan
    connected with the Puritans and their beliefsTopics Religion and festivalsc2
  2. (also puritanical)
    (usually disapproving) having very strict moral attitudes
  3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin puritas ‘purity’ + -an.
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