puritan
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He later emigrated to the US, along with other puritan pilgrims, perhaps as a result of the catholic practices being reintroduced by King Charles I, Mr Butt said.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2025
We see the persistence of this puritan impulse in what's sometimes referred to as "pearl clutching": a shocked, wide-eyed, disapproving stance of Oh, my!
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022
Being a puritan, I believe it is good to know something.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
“In a Protestant, puritan, antihedonistic and work-driven culture, play is not seen as productive,” says Perel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2021
But he was also a man torn between deeply conflicting ideals, who harbored a profound resentment against many things that had been embedded in him during the early years of a puritan New England upbringing.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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