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PURITANISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("Puritanism" is a kind of...):
sternness; strictness (uncompromising resolution)
Derivation:
puritanical (morally rigorous and strict)
puritanical (of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Puritanism" is a kind of...):
Protestantism (the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation)
Domain category:
church; church service (a service conducted in a house of worship)
Domain region:
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
