Bunyanian

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adjective

Of or relating to John Bunyan (1628–1688), English Christian writer and preacher, best known for his allegorical book The Pilgrim's Progress.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveBunyanian (comparative more Bunyanian, superlative most Bunyanian)

comparative more Bunyanian · superlative most Bunyanian

  1. Of or relating to John Bunyan (1628–1688), English Christian writer and preacher, best known for his allegorical book The Pilgrim's Progress.
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    And let us say of them, once for all, that, although not profound, neither were they shallow in thought, not metaphysical or imaginative, they were sufficiently suggestive, very scriptural, and charmingly child-like and Bunyanian in spirit and in style, and if never florid in language they were always fervid in spirit.

    1867, George Gilfillan, Remoter Stars in the Church Sky: Being a Gallery of Uncelebrated Divines

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APA

Bunyanian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bunyanian

MLA

“Bunyanian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bunyanian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bunyanian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bunyanian.

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