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Webster 1913 Edition
Puritanical
{
Puˊri-tan′ic
,Puˊri-tan′ic-al
, }Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
2.
Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; – often used by way of reproach or contempt.
Paritanical
circles, from which plays and novels were strictly excluded. Macaulay.
He had all the
puritanic
traits, both good and evil. Hawthorne.