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Puritan (in the late 16th and 17th centuries)

any of the more extreme English Protestants, most of whom were Calvinists, who wished to purify the Church of England of most of its ceremony and other aspects that they deemed to be Catholic

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No references found			James decided that the religion of England must be Episcopal, but as the reign of James went on, England became more and more Puritan and the breach between King and people grew wide, for James was no Puritan nor was Charles after him. English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context "Once it was the Puritan Fathers who left our coasts," he is recorded to have said; "nowadays it is our Prodigal Sons. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context A natural spring of soft and pleasant water--a rare treasure on the sea-girt peninsula where the Puritan settlement was made--had early induced Matthew Maule to build a hut, shaggy with thatch, at this point, although somewhat too remote from what was then the centre of the village. House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context			purfle Purga Purgas Volost Purgative Purgatory Purgatory Chasm State Reservation purge purge date purge meter interlock Purge of the Party purge trials purge valve purging Purging Agaric Puri Purievich, Konstantin Purievich, Konstantin Adrianovich Purification purify Purim purine Purines Purishkevich, Vladimir Purishkevich, Vladimir Mitrofanovich Purism Puritan Puritan Revolution Puritanism Puritans purity purity coil purity control purity magnet purity of state Purkaev, Maksim Purkaev, Maksim Alekseevich Purkinje Cell Purkinje effect Purkinje Fiber Purkinje fibers Purkinje, Jan Evangelista Purkinje, Johannes Evangelista Purkyne, Karel purl purlieu Purlin purlin cleat purlin plate purlin post purlin roof purline			purine-free diet purine-free diet purine-free diet purine-free diet purine-low diet purine-restricted diet Purine-Rich Response Element Purines Purines Purines Purinethiol Purinethiol Purinethiol Purinethol Purinethol Purinethol Puriri puris puris Purishkevich, Vladimir Purishkevich, Vladimir Mitrofanovich purishvahasrotas purism purism purist puristic puristically purists Puritain Puritain Puritan Puritan and Reformed Studies Conference Puritan party Puritan party Puritan Reformed Church of Edmonton Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary Puritan Revolution Puritan Revolution Puritan work ethic puritanic puritanical puritanical puritanical puritanically puritanically puritanicalness puritanicalness Puritanism Puritanism Puritanize Puritans Puritans purity purity purity purity Purity and pollution Purity and pollution purity coil Purity Control purity magnet

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