Noun:

नियम-निष्ठ व्यक्ति, अऋग्रेज़ी ईसाई धर्म का एक पन्थ,

puritans's Usage Examples:

From New England, as has been seen, Puritan settlers established Presbyterian churches (or churches which immediately became Presbyterian) in Long Island, on New Jersey, and in South Carolina; but the Puritans who remained in New England usually established Congregational churches.

He would have reduced episcopacy to narrow limits; and his views had considerable influence on the Puritans of Elizabeth's reign, when many editions of Hooper's various works were published.

New England is prominent in American colonial history as the "Land of the Puritans" and the home of the corporate colony.

The former, settled largely by people from New England and Long Island, was dominated by Puritans; the latter by Quakers.

But even the Puritans could not suppress betting.

If the Puritans regarded bowls with no friendly eye, as Lord Macaulay asserts, one can hardly wonder at it.

The ancient Banbury Cross, celebrated in a familiar nursery rhyme, was destroyed by Puritans in 1610.

Roman Catholics and Puritans alike wished for a modification of the laws which bore hardly on them.

On the Pilgrims and Puritans: See article Plymouth; also E.

The Puritans were invited to a conference with the king at Hampton Court (1604).

Synonyms:

Protestant,

Antonyms:

Anglican, Nonconformist,