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Puritanism, a movement arising within the Church of England in the latter part of the 16th century, which sought to carry the reformation of that...

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- Protestant: a member of a group of Protestants in 16th- and 17th-century England and 17th-century America who believed in strict religious discipline and called for the simplification of acts of worship
- of Puritans: relating to Puritans or their beliefs or religious movement

- somebody with strict moral code: somebody who lives by a strict moral or religious code, especially somebody who is suspicious of pleasure

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	Advertisement Windows Live® Search Results Puritan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Puritans were dismayed in 1625 when Charles I became king and was determined to eliminate the "excesses" of Puritanism from the Church of England. Puritanism - MSN Encarta Puritanism, movement arising within the Church of England in the latter part of the 16th century that sought to purify, or reform, that church and... Puritanism and the Theatre An essay considering the reasons behind the Puritan opposition to the Early Modern theatre. See all search results in Windows Live® Search Results

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