ピューリタン

noun

Puritan

Historical Christian group; often used in historical or religious contexts. The cross-reference 清教徒 is the native Japanese equivalent.

See also: 清教徒

• ピューリタンは17世せい紀きにイギリス国こっ教きょう会かいの改かい革かくを求もとめた。

  The Puritans sought reform of the Church of England in the 17th century.

noun

puritan; person with strict morals

Figurative use for someone with very strict moral or religious views, often disapproving.

• 彼かれは酒さけもタバコもやらないピューリタンだ。

  He is a puritan who neither drinks nor smokes.