Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Puritanism | Yes | No | No | No |
Protestantism | Yes | No | No | No |
Puritanism (noun) | Protestantism (noun) |
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strictness and austerity in conduct and religion | the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation |
the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects) |