"Puritan" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpjʊɹɪtən/ [General-American], /ˈpjɝɪtən/ [General-American], /ˈpjʊəɹɪtən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpjɔːɹɪtən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more Puritan [comparative], most Puritan [superlative]
Etymology: Probably from purity + -an, because they sought to purify Church of England worship of what they perceived as Roman Catholic aspects. The capitalised form preceded the lowercase form puritan. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|purity|-an}} purity + -an, {{m|en|puritan}} puritan Head templates: {{en-adj}} Puritan (comparative more Puritan, superlative most Puritan)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of puritan. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: puritan Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Puritan-en-adj-8d-~eFNi Disambiguation of People: 46 54

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpjʊɹɪtən/ [General-American], /ˈpjɝɪtən/ [General-American], /ˈpjʊəɹɪtən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpjɔːɹɪtən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Puritans [plural]
Etymology: Probably from purity + -an, because they sought to purify Church of England worship of what they perceived as Roman Catholic aspects. The capitalised form preceded the lowercase form puritan. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|purity|-an}} purity + -an, {{m|en|puritan}} puritan Head templates: {{en-noun}} Puritan (plural Puritans)
  1. A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety. Categories (topical): People Related terms: Puritanism Translations (member of a particular Protestant religious sect): purità [masculine] (Catalan), 清教徒 (cing¹ gaau³ tou⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 清教徒 (qīngjiàotú) (Chinese Mandarin), puritán [masculine] (Czech), puritano (Esperanto), puritain [masculine] (French), puritano [masculine] (Galician), Puritaner [masculine] (German), puritán (Hungarian), puritano (Ido), пурита́нец (puritánec) [masculine] (Macedonian), пурита́нин (puritánin) [masculine] (Russian), puritano [masculine] (Spanish), puritan [common-gender] (Swedish), püritan (Turkish), püriten (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Puritan-en-noun-mOd33pZ3 Disambiguation of People: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -an Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 11 89

Inflected forms

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