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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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1828 Definition
PU'RITAN, n. [from pure.] A dissenter from the church of England. The puritans were so called in derision, on account of their professing to follow the pure word of God, in opposition to all traditions and human constitutions.
PU'RITAN, a. Pertaining to the puritans, or dissenters from the church of England.
1913 Definition
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.
* The Puritans were afterward distinguished as Political Puritans, Doctrinal Puritans, and Puritans in Discipline. Hume. One who is scrupulous and strict in his
religious life; -- often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who
has overstrict notions.
She would make a puritan of the devil. Shak. Of or pertaining to
the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the
Puritans.
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