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Puritans
- noun - a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
- a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
- someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
Purities
- noun - a woman's virtue or chastity
- being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
- the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
Purlieus
- noun - an outer adjacent area of any place
Purloins
- verb - make off with belongings of others
Purports
- noun - have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion"
- propose or intend;
- the intended meaning of a communication
- the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation"
Purposes
- noun - an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "
- propose or intend;
- reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"
- the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"
- what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
Purpuras
- noun - any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding
Pursuals
- noun - the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
Pursueds
- noun - a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued"
Pursuers
- noun - a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture; "always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers"
- a person who pursues some plan or goal; "a pursuer of truth"