Protestant vs. Puritan

protesting

One who protests; a protester.

One who protests; - originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; - now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.

Making a protest; protesting.

Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.

an adherent of Protestantism

the Protestant churches and denominations collectively

of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism;

Example: ‘Protestant churches’; ‘a Protestant denomination’;

making a protest

A puritanical person.

Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex.

One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and worship than those established by law; - originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England.

One who is scrupulous and strict in his religious life; - often used reproachfully or in contempt; one who has overstrict notions.

Example: ‘She would make a puritan of the devil.’;

Of or pertaining to the Puritans; resembling, or characteristic of, the Puritans.

adheres to strict religious principles; opposed to sensual pleasures

a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum

morally rigorous and strict;

Example: ‘blue laws’; ‘the puritan work ethic’; ‘puritanic distaste for alcohol’; ‘she was anything but puritanical in her behavior’;