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Categories: Presbyterianism in the United Kingdom, History of Christianity in the United Kingdom, Congregationalism, English Reformation, History of Christianity in the United States

Puritan Puritans Puritanism English Puritans Puritain

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 WordNet 3.0

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The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. Wikipedia

A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety. Wiktionary

Member of a particular Protestant religious sect. Wiktionary (translation)

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