Puritan

/ˈpjʊrɪtn/
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Definitions of Puritan
  1. noun
    a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
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    Protestant
    an adherent of Protestantism
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