puritanic
Americanadjective
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relating to or characteristic of the Puritans or their beliefs and practices.
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very strict or obsessive about moral and religious matters; straitlaced; puritanical.
Example Sentences
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He lived in almost puritanic simplicity with his mother, enjoyed the fleshpots of Brazil and Europe with his father.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eldest son of a poor Idaho farmer and his puritanic wife, Vridar grew up in a shack where food was scarce, comfort unheard-of, with no companions but his younger brother and sister.
From Time Magazine Archive
The poem is a living presentment of the undiluted, puritanic doctrine of the Auld Light party, to whom Calvinism meant only a belief in hell and an assurance of their own election.
From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Setoun, Gabriel
I dislike a staid, serious, puritanic education, as I firmly believe that it encourages vice and hypocrisy.”
From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry
In the "genteel row" last evening, we observed the strictest religionists of the day, not excepting puritanic Presbyterians, and the sober disciples of Wesley and Fox.
From Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) by Griffiths, Julia
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