释义
n.
a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship
清教徒（英国１６世纪末和１７世纪的基督教新教徒中的一派，认为伊丽莎白领导的宗教改革不彻底，寻求简化并规范拜神形式）。
a person with censorious moral beliefs, especially about pleasure and sex
（尤指在快乐和性方面）严格遵循道德信仰的人。
adj.
of or relating to the Puritans
（与）清教徒（有关）的。
having or displaying censorious moral beliefs, especially about pleasure and sex
（尤指在快乐和性方面）严格遵循道德信仰的。
词源
"late 16th cent.: from late Latin