puritan
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He later emigrated to the US, along with other puritan pilgrims, perhaps as a result of the catholic practices being reintroduced by King Charles I, Mr Butt said.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2025
That country’s Wahhabism had arisen as a puritan reform of Sunnism in the 18th century.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024
The law is the Comstock Act, which Congress passed during the post-Civil War period of puritan reaction at the behest of one of the outstanding bluenoses of American history.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023
The coalition of puritan moralists, “goo-goos,” and consumer protection advocates that produced the widespread gambling bans in the early 20th century is far gone.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2021
“I have a puritan strain that might well have done so.”
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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