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puritan

[pyoor-i-tn] / ˈpjʊər ɪ tn /
ADJECTIVE
puritanical
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The origins of American liberty lay deep in the Puritan soil of New England as the cultural memory of Plymouth and the English Civil War energized the 18th century’s revolutionary spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

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

It was branded as heretical by Puritan authorities.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025

You write that you find seven of the Puritan credos "to be most pervasive and problematic" and you devote a chapter to each.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

Her modest gray dress had a “white Puritan collar and cuffs.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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