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n.
Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.
v. t.
To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language.
n.
One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England.
n.
One who aims at excessive purity or nicety, esp. in the choice of language.
n.
The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.
v. t.
To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.
a.
Of or pertaining to purists or purism.
imp. & p. p.
of Puritanize
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Purify
v. t.
Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.
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Alt. of Puritanical
n.
freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Puritanize
n.
Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
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Alt. of Puristical
v. i.
To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans.
n.
Rigid purity; the quality of being affectedly pure or nice, especially in the choice of language; over-solicitude as to purity.
adv.
In a puritanical manner.
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