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;道学先生
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世纪英格兰一个教派的成员,主张简化宗教礼仪,提倡自制和勤奋,认为享乐是错误或没有必要的)
During the 17th century the Puritans destroyed many decorations in English churches. 17世纪,清教徒破坏了英格兰教堂中的许多装饰。
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.