puritan

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English - Turkish
{i} tutucu protestan
sofu
bağnaz
yobaz
(sıfat)Ahlâk ve din hususunda çok sofu
(isim) İngiltere'de kraliçe Elizabeth zamanında meydana çıkan ve bilhassa ibadette sadelik taraftarı olan mezhebin bir ferdi, Püriten
{i} püritan mezhebi üyesi
{s} tutucu
i., s. püriten
{s} aşırı dinci
{i} bağnaz protestan
{i} püriten

İlk yerleşimciler hayli eğitimliydiler ve Püritenizm'i ilk Amerikan ilkesi olarak belirlediler. - First settlers were highly educated and set Puritanism as first American principle.

Püritenler çok önemliydiler. - Puritans were very important.

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Puritan Work Ethic
Püritanlar(Protestanlar)ın dünyevi arzuları bastırmayı öğütleyen; çalışmayı yücelterek ibadet haline getiren etik anlayışı
English - English
: a puritanical person
: acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex
{n} a rigid dissenter, one very strict
disapproval Puritan attitudes are based on strict moral or religious principles and often involve disapproval of physical pleasures. Paul was someone who certainly had a puritan streak in him
disapproval You describe someone as a puritan when they live according to strict moral or religious principles, especially when they disapprove of physical pleasures. Bykov had forgotten that Malinin was something of a puritan
The Puritans were a group of English Protestants in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries who lived in a very strict and religious way
A member of a particular Protestant religious sect
morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"
A term first used about 1570 for English Protestants who wanted to "purify" the Church of England of ceremony and ritual not found in the scriptures At first they simply wanted to reform their church, but by 1620, many were "separatists" who wanted to start their own churches There were never many separatist Puritans in England because they tended emigrate to America During the time of the Parliamentary Wars (or Civil War) 1642-1649, Puritans in England were called "Roundheads" because of the way they cropped their hair So, Col Daniel Axtell was a Roundhead The Royalists who supported the king were "Cavaliers" with long, flowing hair All of the English settlements in Massachusetts--both the Plymouth Colony of 1620 and the Massachusetts Bay Colony of 1630--were settled by Puritans Puritans included people from all of English society and from all parts of England They were all over the map and it's hard to make generalizations
n any member of a Protestant group in England and the American colonies who, in the 16th and 17th century, wanted to make the Church of England simpler in its services and stricter about morals
{s} strict on religious and moral issues, supporting modesty and simplicity
a puritanical person
A person who during the period of the Elizabethans and Stuarts believed in a strict morality and purity in the protestant religion
The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England
Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans
One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions
acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to nudity and sex
adheres to strict religious principles; opposed to sensual pleasures
a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
{i} one who is strict on religious issues; one who is strict on moral issues; one who supports modesty and simplicity
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

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Puritan work ethic
Alternative name for Protestant work ethic
Puritan Work Ethic
A concept in theology, sociology, economics and history which emphasizes hard work, frugality and diligence as a constant display of a person's salvation in the Christian faith, in contrast to the focus upon religious attendance, confession, and ceremonial sacrament in the Catholic tradition
Puritans
plural of Puritan
puritans
Protestants who separated from the Church of England because they wished to purify the Church; also known as Separatists
puritans
the purifying element within the Church of Enlgand, committed to restoring an intorlerance of Catholic formalism and ritualism
puritans
Sought to purify the faith in Britain during the first century after Henry VIII separated the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church They variously inhabited the established church, set up alternative church hierarchies, fostered independent congregations, and spilled over into dissident movements such as the Quakers This was a derogatory term, actually, that they did not apply to themselves
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