puritans

The descendants of the puritans are about as noble & decent examples of Americans as have been so far.

Matthew Yglesias » The War on Christmas: The Early Years 2008

But you do get plenty of drunk puritans, which is the real bonus of that play.

Sacraments on Stage? Bardiac 2008

Maria draws back from labelling puritans generally in this way, but issues an implicit warning: if any puritans are like Malvolio, they deserve to be outwitted and humiliated.

Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002

Several of the conspirators proposed obtaining foreign aid previous to the execution of their design; but this was over-ruled, and it was agreed only to apply to France, Spain, and other powers for assistance after the plot had taken effect; they also resolved to proclaim the princess Elizabeth queen, and to spread a report, after the blow was given, that the puritans were the perpetrators of so inhuman an action.

Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs John Foxe

It does not speak well for the state of American Catholicism when ladies and gentlemen cannot express their opinions about basic decency without being called "puritans" and "prudes."

What is Puritanism? elena maria vidal 2009

It does not speak well for the state of American Catholicism when ladies and gentlemen cannot express their opinions about basic decency without being called "puritans" and "prudes."

Archive 2009-05-01 elena maria vidal 2009

I had just recommended ... by Sherry Mann on Friday, Nov 28, 2008 at 7: 47: 29 AM they weren't "puritans" and other comments by Mikhail Lyubansky on Friday, Nov 28, 2008 at 9: 19: 48 AM

Happy Thanksgiving! 2008

Types of spoons excavated include seal-heads, slipped ends, "puritans," and trifids.

New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America J. Paul Hudson

(From the Greek katharos, pure), literally "puritans", a name specifically applied to, or used by, several sects at various periods.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Churchill embodied and defy the anti-smoking "puritans" who have made smoking verboten in the public spaces of cities across Europe and North America.

Reuters: Top News 2010