A puritan.

(A nickname for) a zealous Protestant or Puritan, esp. a revivalist preacher or evangelist. Also in extended use.

A member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries, who regarded the reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I as…

A person who is strict in religious observance; (in earlier use) spec. a Puritan.

One who professes superior purity; a puritan; a name applied to various sects, as the Novatians, Paulicians, Waldenses; also, like Catharist, n., to…

A Puritan of the late 16th and 17th centuries.

Chiefly in plural. In later use frequently with capital initial. (A name applied to) a member of a group of Puritans of the Elizabethan age, who…

= disciplinarian, n. 1. Obsolete.

A Paulician or Manichæan; also applied to similar sects; cf. Catharan, n.

In biblical use, one of God's chosen people; in the New Testament, one of the elect under the New Covenant; a member of the Christian church; a…

= perfectionist, n. 1a; esp. a Perfectionist of the 17th cent. or a German Pietist of the 18th cent.

= Catharan, n. Also used attributively or as adj.

A person whose ears protrude conspicuously. Frequently as a term of abuse (formerly used esp. of Puritans: cf. prick-eared, adj. 2). Now rare.

A descendant of Jacob, an Israelite; also applied to the 17th cent. Puritan refugees. (See Notes & Queries 9th ser. III. 323.)

A perfect person. Church History. A Cathar who has received spiritual baptism and thereby accepts all the precepts of Albigensian doctrine. Cf. Perf…

In extended use: a person of strict religious views. Cf. sense A. 3b. Obsolete.

= perfect, n. 2b.

A Puritanical enthusiast or fanatic; esp. a fanatical or determined opponent of intoxicating drink.