puritans

The sanctimonious, the puritans of all stripes, and the killjoys in general raise the issue annually.

Historically, the Puritans banned Christmas from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1659.

But the men, not less, perhaps even more, characteristic of New England, were the Puritans of our day.

Were the Christmas-hating Puritans on the Mayflower “Scrooges”?

The Puritans got modern American cuisine off to a bad start.

He was tutor to lady Jane Grey, and more noted for his severity against the Puritans than for his learning.

The Puritans attacked the drama as contrary to Holy Writ, as destructive of religion, and as a menace to public morality.

He was a sincere and energetic Calvinist, and in 1565 he wrote to Cecil lamenting the measures taken against the Puritans.

Great activity was evinced in their repair, for they had fallen into sad decay during the hard rule of the Puritans.

The characteristics of the separate and independent government of these two classes of Puritans were widely different.