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Pu·ri·tan AHD[py‹rʹĭ-tn] D.J.[ˈpjʊərɪtn]K.K.[ˈpjʊrɪtņ]n.(名词)- A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries advocated strict religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England.清教徒:兴起于16和17世纪的英国新教徒一派的成员,主张严格的宗教原则和英国教堂的仪式及教义的从简
- puritan One who lives in accordance with Protestant precepts, especially one who regards pleasure or luxury as sinful. puritan 清教徒似的人:尤指那些把快乐或奢侈看作罪恶的根据新教戒律生活的人
adj.(形容词)- Of or relating to the Puritans or Puritanism.属于或有关清教徒或清教主义的
- puritan Characteristic of a puritan; puritanical. puritan 具有清教徒特点的;清教徒似的
- From Late Latin pūritās [purity] on the model of Medieval Latin Kathari ["the Pure Ones,” a third-century sect of rigorist heretics] 源自 后期拉丁语 pūritās [纯洁] 仿照 中世纪拉丁语 Kathari [“纯洁的人们,”3世纪作风严格的异教徒的一个派别]
- from Latin pūrus [pure] * see peuə- 源自 拉丁语 pūrus [纯洁的] * 参见 peuə-
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