Both Uses of
Puritans
in
All's Well That Ends Well
- If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage; for young Charbon the puritan and old Poysam the papist, howsome'er their hearts are severed in religion, their heads are both one; they may joll horns together like any deer i' the herd.†
Scene 1.3
- — Though honesty be no puritan, yet it will do no hurt; it will wear the surplice of humility over the black gown of a big heart.†
Scene 1.3 *
Definition:
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(Puritans) English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries wanted more purity and less ritual in worship, and who stressed hard work above pleasure
(a Protestant is any of the Western Christian religious denominations that broke off from the Catholic Church. In the US, the best known are Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians.)