puritan UK /ˈpjʊə.ɹɪ.tən/US /ˈpjʊ.ɹɪ.tən/adjective 1noun 1forms 5 adjective1 •Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic.A pietistic protestantism, rigid, self-righteous, unintellectual, obsessed with puritan morality to the point where hypocrisy was its automatic companion, dominated this desolate epoch. — 1962 noun1 •A puritanical person. formspuritans · more Puritan · more puritan · most Puritan · most puritan
Puritan UK /ˈpjʊəɹɪtən/US /ˈpjʊɹɪtən/ noun1 •A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety. formsPuritans