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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Puritanic  \Pu`ri*tan"ic\,  Puritanical  \Pu`ri*tan"ic*al\,  a. 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  puritanical 
  adj  1:  exaggeratedly  proper;  "my  straitlaced  Aunt  Anna  doesn't 
  approve  of  my  miniskirts"  [syn:  {priggish},  {prim},  {prissy}, 
  {prudish},  {square-toed},  {straitlaced},  {straightlaced}, 
  {tight-laced},  {victorian}] 
  2:  morally  rigorous  and  strict;  "blue  laws";  "the  puritan  work 
  ethic";  "puritanic  distaste  for  alcohol";  "she  was 
  anything  but  puritanical  in  her  behavior"  [syn:  {blue(a)}, 
  {puritan},  {puritanic}] 




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