0 someone who believes that it is important to work hard and control yourself, and that pleasure is wrong or unnecessary -- 清教徒式的人；禁欲者；生活嚴謹的人
1 a member of an English religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to make church ceremonies simpler, and who believed that it was important to work hard and control yourself and that pleasure was wrong or unnecessary -- 清教徒（16和17世紀英格蘭一個教派的成員，主張簡化宗教禮儀，提倡自製和勤奮，認為享樂是錯誤或沒有必要的）
During the 17th century the Puritans destroyed many decorations in English churches. 17世紀，清教徒破壞了英格蘭教堂中的許多裝飾。
Once again the evidence is clear : explicitly puritan parishes were prepared not only to enlarge but also to decorate their parish churches.
Once again, we should not perhaps put too much weight on the rantings of a single, unhinged puritan.
For many puritans, the need for scripturally based government was so paramount that the category of ' things indifferent ' was often squeezed down to practically nothing.
This statement fell like a bombshell into mainstream puritan discourse.
Not illogically, the new puritans drew upon old ascetic ideals.
It implies that puritan piety and traditional magical practices and beliefs could, with relative ease, be reconciled.
Leading puritans actively brought antinomians to the attention of church authorities in an attempt to establish their own credibility in the eyes of those authorities.
She argues from a 'puritan' pre-partition nationalist perspective and believes that women's liberation will only come after political liberation has been achieved.
