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Summary

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puritan:
- puritain; de façon puritaine
- puritain
Wiktionary:
- puritan → puritain
- Puritan → puritain

English

Detailed Translations for puritan from English to French

puritan:

puritan adj

puritan
puritain; de façon puritaine
- puritain adj
- de façon puritaine adj

puritan [the ~] noun

the puritan
le puritain
- puritain [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for puritan:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
puritain	puritan
-	prude
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	puritanic; puritanical
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
de façon puritaine	puritan
puritain	puritan

Related Words for "puritan":

puritans

Synonyms for "puritan":

blue; puritanic; puritanical; nonindulgent; strict
Puritan; Protestant
abstainer; ascetic
prude; unpleasant person; disagreeable person

Related Definitions for "puritan":

a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum¹
someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures¹

Wiktionary Translations for puritan:

puritan

adjective

having very strict moral standards
- puritan → puritain

puritan

adjective

Qui professe une grande pureté de principes moraux ou politiques.
- puritain → puritan

Puritan:

Related Definitions for "Puritan":

a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship¹

Wiktionary Translations for Puritan:

Puritan

noun

(religion) Membre d’une secte protestante qui veut suivre la religion la plus pure.
- puritain → Puritan

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