Category:Puritanic

Pu`ri*tan"ic, 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.