puritan

Definitions

• A member of a group of English Protestants in the late 16th and 17th centuries who sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
  Dreamers of a world unadorned, longing for simplicity and a hymn to echo through hollow halls.
  Example: The Pilgrims were Puritans who sought religious freedom in the New World.
• A person with censorious moral beliefs, especially about self-indulgence and sex.
  Guardians of virtue, they walk the narrow path, frowning at life's indulgent carnival.
  Example: He was regarded as a puritan when it came to matters of personal morality.