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I present extracts from the account of Cambronne, which he suspects may have given the pietistical Quakers a pain.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper

So it is with a pietistical and puristical people—they will follow some stupid old bellwether because utterly incapable of independent thought, of individual ratiocination.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper

In fact, a goodly proportion of our so-called slang is drawn from the same high source, being vinegar to the teeth of pietistical purists, but quite good enough for God.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper

When, at eighteen, I entered the university, I instantly formed a pietistical society, which behaved almost like a students' consistory.

From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul

Nor was the general state of religion in Maryland at the time of their experiment such as to foster a profoundly pietistical community.

From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh