PURITAN
A term used to denote an English Separatist (follower of Calvinism). The
Puritans left England in search of religious freedom, first in Holland, then in
the New World aboard the Mayflower. These Puritans were later called
pilgrims because their voyage was made for religious freedom: “they knew
they were pilgrims, and looked not much on those things, but lifted up their
eyes to the heavens, their dearest country, and quieted their
spirits” (Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation).
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