puritan
Example Sentences
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Ms. Zambello’s production, adapted from the one at the Glimmerglass Festival in 2016, has Puritan costumes, gray clapboard walls, and simple furnishings that depict dwellings, a courtroom and a jail.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Born in Dublin in 1623, Downing spent his childhood in London before emigrating to New England with his family as part of the Puritan migration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
It was branded as heretical by Puritan authorities.
From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025
As he arrived to court on Friday, Brand was seen clutching a copy of “The Valley of Vision,” a collection of Puritan prayers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025
Richard Rumbold, a Puritan soldier convicted of treason in 1685, who spoke the words from the gallows.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
