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Puritan

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A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries advocated strict religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England.

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puritan prude Pietist zealot fanatic reformer Calvinist moralist ascetic fundamentalist sectarian evangelical proselytizer sectary nonconformist dissenter purist prude

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