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   Pu·ri·tan·ism

   /ˈpyo͝orətnˌiz(ə)m/

   

   noun

   • 1. the beliefs or principles of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
   • ▪ censorious moral beliefs, especially about self-indulgence and sex: "an era of sexual puritanism"

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