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puritan/ˈpjʊərit(ə)n/ n. & adj.●n. 1 (作 Puritan) hist. a member of a group of English Protestants who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship [史义]清教徒(英国基督教新教派中的一派，认为伊莉莎白女王领导下的教会改革不够彻底，转而寻求礼拜形式的简单化和规范化) 2 a purist member of any party (任何党派中的)纯粹主义者 3 a person practising or affecting extreme strictness in religion or morals (宗教或道德方面的)苦行僧；极端拘谨的人 ●adj. 1 (usu. 通常作 Puritan) hist. of or relating to the Puritans [史义]清教徒的；与清教徒有关的 2 scrupulous and austere in religion or morals (宗教或道德方面)一丝不苟的；极拘谨的；苦行的 □ puritanism n. (also 亦作 Puritanism)[Late Latin puritas (as PURITY) on the pattern of earlier Catharan (as CATHAR)] |