Crossword-Solution: PURITAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Puritan | n. | 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. |
| Puritan | n. | One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions. |
| Puritan | a. | Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PURITAN | anagram | TRAINUP, UPTRAIN |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with PURITAN (5)
Here, in the quiet of Boldwood’s parlour, where everything that was not grave was extraneous, and where the atmosphere was that of a Puritan Sunday lasting all the week, the letter and its dictum changed their tenor from the thoughtlessness of their origin to a deep solemnity, imbibed from their accessories now.
But, in that early severity of the Puritan character, an inference of this kind could not so indubitably be drawn.
The Puritan Fathers came to America to escape religious oppression and to establish what they believed would be the Kingdom of God.
Philip English, a character well-known in early Salem annals, was among those who suffered from John Hathorne’s magisterial harshness, and he maintained in consequence a lasting feud with the old Puritan official.
She was named after her grandmother, who had in her turn inherited from another ancestress the name of the Homeric matron whose peculiar merits won her a place even among the Puritan Faiths, Hopes, Temperances, and Prudences.
Quotes with PURITAN (3)
Another part of the Puritan legacy is the belief that no one should have joy or abundance until everyone does, a belief that austere at one end, in the deprivation it endorses, and fantastical in the other, since it awaits a universal utopia. Joy sneaks in anyway, abundance cascades forth uninvited... Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated, and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.
A Puritan twist in our nature makes us think that anything good for us must be twice as good if it's hard to swallow. Learning Greek and Latin used to play the role of character builder, since they were considered to be as exhausting and unrewarding as digging a trench in the morning and filling it up in the afternoon. It was what made a man, or a woman -- or more likely a robot -- of you. Now math serves that purpose in many schools: your task is to try to follow rules that …
Anyway, as the old barrelhouse song says, My God, how the money rolled in. Norton must have subscribed to the old Puritan notion that the best way to figure out which folks God favours is by checking their bank acounts.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 22 times in crossword archives (1950–2023).