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adjective

Puritanical, Puritanic adj.

Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.

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." "He had all the puritanic traits, both good and evil."

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Etymology of 'Puritanical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Puritanical" Quotes from Famous Books

... Spencer and Sidney revelled in the feudal halls and enchanted vistas of the middle ages; Shakespeare delineated the British mind in its grave and comic moods; Milton reflected the sober aspect and spiritual aspirations of the Puritanical era; while at later periods Pope, Goldsmith and Cowper pourtrayed the softer features of an advanced civilization ...

— The Poetry of Wales • John Jenkins

... of Sir Hudibras's Merit in Letters is of a Piece, and set off with a Puritanical Air, that renders the whole truly Ridiculous, and makes a good Comment on several Pages of the Doctor's Epistle, which is most valuable for the great Judgment and Sincerity that ...

— Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley (1712) and The British Academy (1712) • John Oldmixon

... chaplains, said, "We asked not for the Protector's life, for we were assured He had too great things for this man to do, to remove him yet; but we prayed for his speedy recovery, because his life and presence were so necessary to divers things then of great moment to be despatched." When this Puritanical fanatic was presently disappointed, Bishop Burnet narrates "he had the impudence to say to God, 'Thou hast ...

— Royalty Restored - or, London under Charles II. • J. Fitzgerald Molloy

... never known the hard discipline from which his father had suffered. She was a good many years younger than her husband; they were united by the intensest affection; but while she devoted herself to him with a perfect understanding of, and sympathy with, his somewhat jealous and puritanical nature, she did not escape the severity of his sense of responsibility, and his natural instinct for attempting to draw those nearest to him into the circle of his high, if rigid, standards. Long afterwards, ...

— Beside Still Waters • Arthur Christopher Benson

... that she has never been thrown with children, and having always associated with older persons, has insensibly imbibed their staid thoughts, and adopted their quiet ways. I should not be more astonished to see my prim puritanical grandmother yonder step down from the frame, and turn a somersault on the carpet, or indulge in leap-frog, than to find Regina guilty of any boisterous hoidenish behaviour, or unrefined, undignified language. If she had been born on the ...

— Infelice • Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

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