The Only Use of
Puritans
in
Childhood's End
- The effect of these two inventions upon human society could only be described as devastating, and they had swept away the last remnants of the Puritan aberration.†
Chpt 6Puritan = an English Protestant who in the 16th and 17th centuries wanted more purity and less ritual in worship, and who stressed hard work above pleasure
Definitions:
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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.) -
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
As a common noun (not capitalized unless at the start of a sentence), puritan or puritanical can refer to someone who is very strict -- especially about religious principles or proper behavior.