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puritan | someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures | |
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Puritan | 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 | |
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prude, puritan, goody-goody, prig, antisexualist, erotophobe, celibacist | a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum |