1. a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
2. a person who is strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so.

3. of or relating to the Puritans.
4. of, relating to, or characteristic of a moral puritan; puritanical.

1. a person who adheres to strict moral or religious principles, esp one opposed to luxury and sensual enjoyment

2. characteristic of a puritan

1. any of the more extreme English Protestants, most of whom were Calvinists, who wished to purify the Church of England of most of its ceremony and other aspects that they deemed to be Catholic

2. of, characteristic of, or relating to the Puritans

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