Define Puritans Meaning

The Puritans were members of a religious reformation movement known as Puritanism which arose within the Church of England. Puritans were the more extreme Protestants within the Church of England in the late 16th century who thought that the English Reformation wasn’t far enough in reforming the doctrines and structure of the church. They wanted to purify the Church of England as it was too similar to the Roman Catholic Church. In the 17th century, many Puritans emigrated to the New World, where they sought a holy commonwealth in New England.

1. Commonly refers to an old fashioned Christian movement which was common into colonial times.

2. According to H. L. Mencken, "The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy."

A person that's literally the king/queen of inferiority that they make themselves feel better by acting morally over the top that they expect everyone to be like them and anyone that dares to differ will be canceled

The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy

A an old fashioned, homeschooling mother who thinks that girls should suffer during warm weather because shorts and tank tops will turn them into strippers destined for hell.

Someone who wants to basically make life as boring as possible

A person who loves Jesus and would never do drugs, have sex, or wear inappropriate clothing. They also go to church all the time and try to be the best they can be.

A bunch of religious zealots, name "puritans" for their faith in the olde ways, who left Europe to come to America and kill all the natives! Nice guys, eh?

Religious rules limiting the sexual expressions of members of the group.

a person with a high code of morals.

usually refrains from sex, drugs and (fallen) women. Often can be seen in or around religious gatherings.

At times can be a dangerous veil of deception.