Puritan
31Puritan House — Infobox nrhp | name =Puritan House nrhp type = caption = location= Gloucester, Massachusetts lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 36 lat seconds = 41 lat direction = N long degrees = 70 long minutes = 49 long seconds = 0 long direction = W locmapin =… …
32Puritan ethic. — See work ethic. Also called Puritan work ethic. [1970 75] * * * …
33PURITAN CITY — name given to Boston, U.S., from its founders and inhabitants who were originally of Puritan stock …
34puritan father — noun Usage: often capitalized P&F : one of the early Puritan settlers of New England …
35Puritan ethic. — See work ethic. Also called Puritan work ethic. [1970 75] …
36puritan — I. noun Etymology: probably from Late Latin puritas purity Date: circa 1567 1. capitalized a member of a 16th and 17th century Protestant group in England and New England opposing as unscriptural the ceremonial worship and the prelacy of the… …
37Puritan — noun A member of a particular Protestant religious sect …
38puritan — Synonyms and related words: Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Grundy, Sabbatarian, Trappist, Victorian, Waldensian, abstainer, anchorite, ascetic, austere, bhikshu, bigoted, bluenose, dervish, disapproving, dour, fakir, fanatic, firm,… …
39puritán — s. m., adj. m., pl. puritáni; f. sg. puritánã, g. d. art. puritánei, pl. puritáne …
40puritan — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. puritanical, strict, proper; see prejudiced . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who is too much concerned with being proper, modest, or righteous: bluenose, Mrs. Grundy, prude, Victorian. Informal: old maid. See… …
