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The Clue
1606 play of the Shakespeare apocrypha, with "The" (7 letter answer)
The Answer
PURITAN
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The answer PURITAN is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
PURITAN as a noun:
1. 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
2. someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
3. (prude, puritan) = a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
PURITAN as an adjective:
1. (blue, puritan, puritanic, puritanical) = morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was anything but puritanical in her behavior"