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Puritan
UK ['pjʊə.rɪ.tən] US ['pjʊr.ɪ.tˌən] noun countable
■a member of an English religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries which wanted to make church ceremonies simpler, and who believed that self-control and hard work were important and that pleasure was wrong or unnecessary 清教徒（16和17世纪英格兰一个教派的成员，主张简化宗教礼仪，提倡自制和勤奋，认为享乐是错误或没有必要的）•During the seventeenth century, the Puritans destroyed many decorations in English churches.17世纪，清教徒破坏了英格兰教堂中的许多装饰。 |