PURITAN

prude, puritan

(noun) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

puritan

(noun) someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures

Puritan

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

puritan (plural puritans)

(often, disapproving) a puritanical person

Adjective

puritan (comparative more puritan, superlative most puritan)

(often, disapproving) acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex

Synonyms: prude, puritanical

Anagrams

• tanpuri, train up, uptrain

Noun

Puritan (plural Puritans)

A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.

Anagrams

• tanpuri, train up, uptrain

Source: Wiktionary

Pu"ri*tan, n. Etym: [From Purity.]

1. (Eccl. Hist.)

Definition: 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.

Note: The Puritans were afterward distinguished as Political Puritans, Doctrinal Puritans, and Puritans in Discipline. Hume.

2. One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions. She would make a puritan of the devil. Shak.

Pu"ri*tan, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition