- a variation of puritanical.
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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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
He lived in almost puritanic simplicity with his mother, enjoyed the fleshpots of Brazil and Europe with his father.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old puritanic idea that the sexes must be schooled separately in order to secure them from exposure to moral dangers, seems to me not only erroneous, but absurd.
From Nature and Culture by Rice, Harvey
Generally speaking, although not given to excesses, they show no puritanic disposition about drink and are lavish spenders for luxuries.
From Japan and the California Problem by Iyenaga, Toyokichi
Then this new specimen of humanity, this puritanic infidel, has her own private affinity.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold
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