• Commonly refers to an old fashioned Christian movement which was common into colonial times.

    According to H. L. Mencken, The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.


    Puritanism meaning & definition 1 of Puritanism.


  • The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy

    Puritanism meaning & definition 2 of Puritanism.


  • The beliefs or principles of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.

    Puritanism meaning & definition 3 of Puritanism.

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