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- English Word Purist Definition One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.
- English Word Purist Definition One who maintains that the New Testament was written in pure Greek.
- English Word Puristic Definition Alt. of Puristical
- English Word Puristical Definition Of or pertaining to purists or purism.
- English Word Puritan Definition One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England.
- English Word Puritan Definition One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions.
- English Word Puritan Definition Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.
- English Word Puritanic Definition Alt. of Puritanical
- English Word Puritanical Definition Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
- English Word Puritanical Definition Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
- English Word Puritanically Definition In a puritanical manner.
- English Word Puritanism Definition The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.
- English Word Puritanize Definition To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans.
- English Word Puritanized Definition of Puritanize
- English Word Puritanizing Definition of Puritanize
- English Word Purity Definition The condition of being pure.
- English Word Purity Definition freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
- English Word Purity Definition Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.
- English Word Purity Definition Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
- English Word Purity Definition Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.