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Meanings of puritans in English
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Examples for "puritan"
Examples for "puritan"
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And the little puritan of fifteen heard the voice of his God:
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A man who had the reputation of a saint too; a puritan.
3
But despite its puritan bent, ManServants also represents a long-overdue role reversal.
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The puritan soldiers destroyed the profusion of statues that decorated this church.
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Was Zhang so anxious to maintain the communist puritan image of Guan?
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This is not the first film to fall foul of language puritanism.
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Necessity makes 'em have a lottery; puritanism keeps 'em from buying tickets.
3
To the NCSF, this implies a moralistic legal system firmly embedded in puritanism.
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If he hated anything-inhis universal benignity-Vauvenargueshated a rigid puritanism.
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I find my ancestral puritanism particularly appealed to by the puritanism of Savonarola.
Usage of puritans in English
1
And like other puritans, the organic faithful could consider themselves superior humans.
2
He finds some stuff that he knows the local puritans won't like.
3
Now secular puritans are forever lecturing us about food and drink.
4
The art deco mob thought the modernists were all hair-shirt puritans.
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An extremity of distaste which we expect to find in puritans and ascetics.
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But the puritans also accepted Calvin's idea of independent church government.
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From this bondage reformers and puritans and mystics have labored to free us.
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The puritans formed a party in the House of Commons.
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The persecution to which the puritans were exposed, increased their zeal and their numbers.
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Prepare for a battle between the Botox-brigade and the chemical-free puritans, writes Iva Pocock.
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The puritans are winning because the establishment is weak and has no self confidence.
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The puritans formed a party in the House of
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When first released, these songs received a scathing response from puritans of the folk world.
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And he teased Lizzie frequently about how American she was, and what puritans Americans were.
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They much resemble the puritans of Charles the First's time, of the extreme Hew-Agag-in-pieces stamp.
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It dealt with transgressive forms of sexuality, which tends to make puritans like yourself uncomfortable.
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Translations for puritans
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Puritans through the time