Puritans
plural of Puritan
• Rasputin, tanpuris, upstrain, uptrains
puritans
plural of puritan
• Rasputin, tanpuris, upstrain, uptrains
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
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
