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puritan
/'pjʊrɪtən/
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  1. noun
    a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

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    prude
  2. 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
    type of:
    protestant
  3. noun
    someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
    type of:
    abstainer ascetic
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