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equality :
equality |i?kwälit?| noun the state of being equal, esp. in status, rights, and opportunities : an organization aiming to promote racial equality. • Mathematics the condition of being equal in number or amount. • Mathematics a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are equal; an equation.

puritans:

Puritan |?pyo?ritn| noun a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. • ( puritan) a person with censorious moral beliefs, esp. about pleasure and sex. adjective of or relating to the Puritans. • ( puritan) having or displaying censorious moral beliefs, esp. about pleasure and sex.

Pilgrims:

pilgrim |?pilgr?m| noun a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. • (usu. Pilgrim) a member of a group of English Puritans fleeing religious persecution who sailed in the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. • a person who travels on long journeys. • chiefly poetic/literary a person whose life is compared to a journey. verb ( -grimed, -griming) [ intrans. ] archaic travel or wander like a pilgrim.

happiness:

happy |?hap?| adjective ( -pier , -piest ) 1 feeling or showing pleasure or contentment : Melissa came in looking happy and excited | [with clause ] we`re just happy that he`s still alive | [with infinitive ] they are happy to see me doing well. • [ predic. ] ( happy about) having a sense of confidence in or satisfaction with (a person, arrangement, or situation) : I was never very happy about the explanation | I can`t say they looked too happy about it, but a deal`s a deal. • [ predic. ] ( happy with) satisfied with the quality or standard of : I`m happy with his performance. • [with infinitive ] willing to do something : we will be happy to advise you. • (of an event or situation) characterized by happiness : we had a very happy, relaxed time. • [ attrib. ] used in greetings : happy birthday. • [ attrib. ] fortunate and convenient : he had the happy knack of making people like him. 2 [in combination ] informal inclined to use a specified thing excessively or at random : our litigation-happy society.


DERIVATIVES: HAPPINESS NOUN

New Canaan:

New Canaan is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Stamford, on the Five Mile River. In 1900, 2,968 people lived in New Canaan, and in 1910, 3,667. The population was 19,395 at the 2000 census.
New Canaan has two Metro-North railroad stations. They are called "New Canaan" and "Talmadge Hill". Travel time to Grand Central Terminal is approximately one hour.
New Canaan is one of the most affluent communities in the United States.

Democracy:

democracy |di?mäkr?s?| noun ( pl. -cies) a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives : capitalism and democracy are ascendant in the third world. • a state governed in such a way : a multiparty democracy. • control of an organization or group by the majority of its members : the intended extension of industrial democracy. • the practice or principles of social equality : demands for greater democracy.