puritan

[US]/'pjuəritən/
[UK]/ˈpjʊrɪtn../
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mwanamuziki wa kundi ya Protestanti ya Kiingereza katika miongo ya 16 na 17 ya mizigo ambao walikuwa na uamini wa dini wa uchungu

adj. kifupi au kisero kwa uamani au uwekwa
Word Forms
Pluralpuritans

Phrases & Collocations

puritanical beliefs

mazoea ya puritan

puritan work ethic

utendaji wa puritan

puritan lifestyle

maamia ya puritan

Example Sentences

puritanical views on sexuality

mipango ya puritanical kuhusu uchumi

puritanical attitude towards pleasure

mipango ya puritanical kwa upole

Real-world Examples

He began to make his name as a radical Puritan.

Source: Walking into Cambridge University

The people of Salem are puritans.

Source: Humanity: The Story of All of Us

The Puritan minister in town provided direct oversight of Harvard.

Source: Entering Harvard University

Take that, puritans. Oh, and also Canada beat us to it.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

One of those who disagreed was a Puritan minister named Roger Williams.

Source: VOA Special November 2018 Collection

I'm deeply attached to the Puritan tradition, not in a religious sense.

Source: New types of questions for the CET-4 (College English Test Band 4).

One wonders what Dane thought of the careful sermons explaining the Bible that he heard in Puritan churches.

Source: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

Harvard College was founded in 1636 as a Puritan institution and a training ground for ministers.

Source: Entering Harvard University

A group led by Puritan minister Thomas Hooker left Boston in sixteen thirty-six and went west.

Source: VOA Special November 2018 Collection

Many of its earliest graduates went on to become clergymen in Puritan churches throughout New England.

Source: Entering Harvard University

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