n. [ From Purity. ]
☞ The Puritans were afterward distinguished as Political Puritans, Doctrinal Puritans, and Puritans in Discipline. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]
She would make a puritan of the devil. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans. [ 1913 Webster ]
Paritanical circles, from which plays and novels were strictly excluded. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a puritanical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.