English to English Dictionary -puritan

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Depurition :: Depurition (n.) See Depuration.

Hippurite :: Hippurite (n.) A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks..

Impurity :: Impurity (n.) The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration.

Impurity :: Impurity (n.) That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient..

Impurity :: Impurity (n.) Want of ceremonial purity; defilement.

Puritan :: Puritan (n.) 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..

Puritan :: Puritan (n.) One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions.

Puritan :: Puritan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans..

Puritanic :: Puritanic (a.) Alt. of Puritanica.

Puritanical :: Puritanical (a.) Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice..

Puritanical :: Puritanical (a.) Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.

Puritanically :: Puritanically (adv.) In a puritanical manner.

Puritanism :: Puritanism (n.) The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans..

Puritanize :: Puritanize (v. i.) To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans..

Puritanized :: Puritanized (imp. & p. p.) of Puritaniz.

Puritanizing :: Puritanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puritaniz.

Purity :: Purity (n.) The condition of being pure.

Purity :: Purity (n.) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals..

Purity :: Purity (n.) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.

Purity :: Purity (n.) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life..

Purity :: Purity (n.) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.

Purity :: Purity (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style..