Associations to the word «Puritanism»

Wiktionary

PURITANISM, noun. (theology) strict and austere religious conduct
PURITANISM, noun. The beliefs and practices of the Puritans

Dictionary definition

PURITANISM, noun. The beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects).
PURITANISM, noun. Strictness and austerity in conduct and religion.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin