Sentence example with the word 'puritan'

puritan

abstainer, dervish, fundamentalist, impliable, ironhanded, old maid, proper, relentless, sannyasi, straitlaced, unyielding

Definition n. 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

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He subsequently settled in London, where he joined the Puritan congregation of the Rev. John Davenport, whom he had known since boyhood.   [Please select]

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THE PURITAN AGE The Puritan Movement.   [Please select]

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Death of Bacon CHAPTER VII THE PURITAN AGE (1620-1660) I.   [Please select]

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HISTORICAL SUMMARY The Puritan Movement.   [Please select]

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LITERATURE OF THE PURITAN PERIOD The Transition Poets.   [Please select]

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Edmund Waller (1606-1687) stands between the Puritan Age and the Restoration.   [Please select]

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His reply was characteristic of the man and the Puritan.   [Please select]

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Summary of the Puritan Period.   [Please select]

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What is meant by the Puritan period.   [Please select]

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How did religion and politics affect Puritan literature.   [Please select]

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Are there any Puritan ideals in "Comus".   [Please select]

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