puritanism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)
noun strictness and austerity in conduct and religion

Borrowed from French puritanisme, equivalent to puritan + -ism.

(1625-1649) Puritanism grew stronger through repression. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
His puritanism had put an end to his brain. — Erik Dorn, Ben Hecht
Puritanism had ceased to become offensive, and had even become respectable. — A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon : For the Use of Schools and Colleges, Lord, John

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