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Definition of Puritanical

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism.

2. Adjective. Exaggeratedly proper. "My straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

3. Adjective. Morally rigorous and strict. "She was anything but puritanical in her behavior"

Definition of Puritanical

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice. ¹

2. Adjective. Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; — often used by way of reproach or contempt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Puritanical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puritanical

purinic purinoceptor purinoreceptor purinoreceptors purins puris purism purisms purist puristic

puristical puristically purists puritanic puritanical (current term) puritanically puritanisms puritanize puritanized puritanizes

puritanizing puritans purities purity purity rings purl purl stitch purled

Literary usage of Puritanical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1882)
"Plead not," said James in the Star-Chamber, " upon puritanical principles, which make all things popular, but keep within the ancient limits. ..."

2. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1892)
"Plead not," said James in the Star-Chamber, " upon puritanical principles, ... A weakness of the puritanical king served, at this critical juncture, ..."

3. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1899)
"Plead not," said James in the Star-Chamber, " upon puritanical principles, ... A weakness of the puritanical king served, at this critical juncture, ..."

4. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1876)
"or puritanical . * .. . ««,_ CHAPTER i. during the establishment of the Moghul empire ... It was a revival of the orthodox religion in a puritanical form. ..."

5. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1849)
"All the habits of Ireland that do not lean to Catholicism have a strong puritanical bias ... puritanical, I mean, which is more important, more formidable, ..."

6. Three Years Among the Working-classes in the United States During the War by James Dawson Burn (1865)
"puritanical Pride of the New Englanders—Conservatism of the ... still lives in puritanical pride and self-satisfied holy dignity in these States. ..."

7. Three Years Among the Working-classes in the United States During the War by James Dawson Burn (1865)
"puritanical Pride of the New Englanders—Conservatism of the ... still lives in puritanical pride and self-satisfied holy dignity in these States. ..."

8. Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Lionel Strachey (1903)
"... puritanical BRINGING-UP MALE SITTERS ATTEMPT FLIRTATION PUBLIC RESORTS OF PARIS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION. I WILL begin by speaking of my childhood, ..."

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