noun
1Puritan
- a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship清教徒（英国16世纪末和17世纪的基督教新教徒中的一派, 认为伊丽莎白领导的宗教改革不彻底, 寻求简化并规范拜神形式）。
1.1
- a person with censorious moral beliefs, especially about pleasure and sex（尤指在快乐和性方面）严格遵循道德信仰的人。
(一般作Puritan)
1- of or relating to the Puritans（与）清教徒（有关）的。
1.1
- having or displaying censorious moral beliefs, especially about pleasure and sex（尤指在快乐和性方面）严格遵循道德信仰的。
派生词
puritanism
（亦作 Puritanism）noun词源
late 16th cent.: from late Latin puritas 'purity' + -AN.