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/ˈpjʊɹətəˌnɪzəm/
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[ UK /pjˈʊɹɪtənˌɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /pjˈʊɹɪtənˌɪzəm/ ]
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)
- strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
How To Use Puritanism In A Sentence
- For Puritanism was, above all else, a Bible movement.
- The American Puritanism as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral values.
- More than a religion, Puritanism was a way of life.
- Having confessed, according to the terms of the text, that the field or ground is not the Church, but the world, he proceeds, with a very strong animus against what he calls puritanism or separatism, [14] to argue in the usual way against every attempt to purify the visible The Parables of Our Lord
- Clashes between conformists and Puritans resulted in the suppression of the organized Presbyterian wing of Puritanism by 1591, but the impact of Puritans on the Church at a local level remained enormous.
- But the Joyce-Eliot group come later in time, puritanism is not their main adversary, they are able from the start to see through most of the things that their predecessors had fought for. Inside the Whale
- In his lifetime he saw the English Church sway from extreme Puritanism to near Catholicism.
- To treat with national heritage Puritanism, his attitude is criticism, and retrospect.
- Is there some truth in that or is it just latent puritanism?
- He introduced to music a new puritanism, an acute political awareness and diamond-hard intelligence.
