单词 | impuritan |
释义 | Impuritann. (a) One who practises impurity. (b) A hostile term for one not a Puritan or opposed to Puritanism. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Puritanism > [noun] > person > not Impuritan1618 1618 R. Daborne Serm. preached Waterford 11 There are a third Sect, and those are puri quasi minime puri, the impuritans of our time. 1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 19 Not..Impuritanes in any degree, whether walkers in the counsell of the ungodly, or [etc.]. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 29 If those who are tearmed Rattle-heads and impuritans, would take up a Resolution to begin in moderation of haire, to the just reproach of those that are called Puritans and Round-heads, I would honour their manlinesse. 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism Introd. 27 It may moreover..be not unacceptable, to behold the difference between Puritans and Impuritans. Derivatives Imˈpuritanism n. the principles of an Impuritan as opposed to those of a Puritan; also, impure life or principles generally. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Puritanism > [noun] > not Impuritanism1818 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism Introd. 23 The difference between Church-of-Scotlandism and Church-of-Englandism:—between Puritanism, since that must be the name, and Impuritanism: between Presbyterianism and Episcopacy. 1892 Chicago Advance 25 Feb. The protest of the Puritan against the impuritanism of his time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1618 |
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