puritan

That was the year Bridget Bishop was ascertained to be a witch by frightened, conformist Puritan religious elders in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Reagan flipped the original meaning of a Biblical phrase from a 17th century Puritan sermon.

That complicates the “settler-colonial” paradigm, which applies readily to English Puritans but more ambiguously to Jews.

No pity for people who elected a Puritan as their leader, only to find out he's serious about taking away everyone's good time.

After a simple shack is built by a couple seeking refuge from Puritan elders, a former British army major, Osgood, plants roots there, determined to establish an apple orchard.